Rafael Ortega (Cinematographer) and Lisa Long (Artistic Director, Julia Stoschek Foundation Berlin) in conversation.
Lisa Long is a curator specializing in contemporary and time-based art. Her curatorial approach is artist-driven, and seeks to amplify transdisciplinary practices from around the globe that engage in forms of critical inquiry and storytelling. From 2018 to 2025 Long served as Artistic Director and Curator of the Julia Stoschek Foundation, one of the biggest private foundations for time-based art in the world. Looking forward, Long acts as the founder and director of Companion Culture, a curatorial agency that fosters projects at the forefront of contemporary art by connecting companies, foundations, entrepeneurs, and patrons with artists and institutions.
He begun working in cinema as a cinematographer, participating in more than 300 projects either feature films or documentaries. In 1993 he started working within the visual arts, and since then he has collaborated, developed, photographed and co-authorised, more than 90 works with artists of his generation. Francis Alÿs, João Penalva, Amalia Pica, Pablo Vargas Lugo, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Damian Ortega, Melanie Smith and Silvia Gruner amongst others.
His collaborative and co-authorised works have been exhibited at MoMA NY, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Museo Tamayo, MUAC, MALBA, AGO, Canadá, Bienal de Porto Alegre (2007, 2011)(, Hamburger Bahnhoff (2018), Momenta Bienal Montreal (2019), Venice Biennale (49 in 2001, 54 in 2011, 56 in 2015, 58 in 2019, 59 in 2022). He lives and works in London and México.