In this episode of ‘Meet the artists’, we visit filmmaker, poet, and performance artist P. Staff in their Los Angeles studio. There, we glimpse into Staff's creative process and their exploration of violence’s impact on the body, social interactions, and self-perception.
In their work, Staff trains a critical lens on the ways gender and identity are constructed and depicted in society. ‘For me it always comes back to this feeling that the body is a flashpoint, a crisis point,’ they say. ‘It’s a nexus of politics, the law, intimacy, and sensation’.
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Editor
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Production Assistant
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Senior Editor
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Daisy Zhou
Julia Kennelly
Benjamin Berry
Ariel Pomerantz and Sarah Maloney
Ian Clark Daugherty
Don Davenport
Tom Villareal
Alicia Reuter
Akiel Gallina
In this episode of ‘Meet the artists’, we visit filmmaker, poet, and performance artist P. Staff in their Los Angeles studio. There, we glimpse into Staff's creative process and their exploration of violence’s impact on the body, social interactions, and self-perception.
In their work, Staff trains a critical lens on the ways gender and identity are constructed and depicted in society. ‘For me it always comes back to this feeling that the body is a flashpoint, a crisis point,’ they say. ‘It’s a nexus of politics, the law, intimacy, and sensation’.
Director / DOP
Producer
Editor
Camera Assistants
Sound
Music
Production Assistant
Art Basel
Senior Editor
Creative Producer
Daisy Zhou
Julia Kennelly
Benjamin Berry
Ariel Pomerantz and Sarah Maloney
Ian Clark Daugherty
Don Davenport
Tom Villareal
Alicia Reuter
Akiel Gallina
© 2026 Akiel Gallina
© 2026 Akiel Gallina