Jack Faber

Jack Faber (1978) is Helsinki-based filmmaker, visual artist and doctoral researcher at The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, working on the themes of Cinema, Surveillance and Climate Crimes. Initiating projects which explore innovating social engagements with and through art, he published three books and creates video works, films, site-specific installations and performances for solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries and public spaces. His expanded cinema work Watchmen (2005-2020), described by critics and press as ‘a groundbreaking Surveillance Art work’, became an international precedent in arts and human rights after years of juridical struggle and censorship by the state of Israel. In recent years Jack has been focusing on the urgent issues of species survival, animal and human rights. He curated the international group exhibition ‘Cooking for the Apocalypse’ in Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki in 2020 while initiating and co-editing ‘Eco Noir: A Companion for Precarious Times’.