Solomon Nagler

Solomon Nagler is a Professor in the Division of Media Arts, Film at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD). His work bridges experimental film, public art, and interdisciplinary research, with a focus on memory activism and counter-memorialization. He holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Winnipeg (1998) and an MFA in Film Production from Concordia University (2007).

Nagler’s research includes SSHRC-funded projects such as Memory Activism; Collaborative Processes of Counter-Memorialization, which engages genocide studies, museum practices, and artistic collaboration. Earlier work explored public space through augmented reality and locative media, earning a Design Innovation Award at the 2014 Human-Computer Interaction Conference.

His creative practice spans 16mm installations, site-specific cinema, and curatorial projects. Notable exhibitions include Speculative Cartographies (Warsaw Biennale & Halifax Central Library) and Genizah (Berlin & Winnipeg). He co-founded the WNDX Film Festival and edited landmark texts like Sculpting Cinema (2017) and Landscape of Moving Image (2021).

Awards include the 2014 Design Competition & Future Innovations Award for his geolocative cinema project. His work interrogates spatial relationships between art, memory, and urban environments, with installations featured globally from Sydney to Paris.