The 7th iteration of the Contemporary Video Art Exhibition continues to celebrate contemporary video art—using recorded moving images— by artists from South and South-West Asia, North Africa (SSWANA), as well as artists of indentured Indian descent and their diasporas. The 7th edition of the juried show will be co-presented by Twelve Gates Arts (12G) and the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF).

Film screenings will take place at the Twelve Gates Arts Gallery on Sunday, Nov 9th, 12PM-2PM and on Tuesday, Nov 11th, 6PM-8PM.

Subjects and themes for the exhibit include queer, controversial, poetic, abstract, political, philosophical, uncensored – anything that stretches beyond conventional. We look forward to producing a thought-provoking and inspiring exhibit to follow the well-received exhibits in 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, which drew submissions from global contemporary artists.

Image in poster: Still from The Realm of Infatuation by Hoor Imad Sherpao

2025 Program

NOVEMBER 11TH

Swetha Regunathan is a Philadelphia-based writer, filmmaker, and Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at Haverford College. Her work has screened at festivals internationally, including Aspen Shortsfest, Nitehawk Shorts Festival, True/False Film Festival, Tribeca, New Orleans Film Festival, and on platforms like NOWNESS Asia, NoBudge, and Short of the Week. She produced the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Between Earth & Sky (2023) and is currently developing feature-length work. She has also had writing published in Huffington Post, n+1, Guernica, and other outlets.