Film
Basma Alsharif
- 9PM
Basma Alsharif has combined visual archaeology, documentary, and trance-inducing psychedelic flourishes in her artistic exploration of Palestine: its history, its current political situation, and the people who call it home, wherever they may reside. BOMB describes her work as “showing us that a place is not local, language slips, stories can’t be told, images lie, and that we’re humans beyond our politics.” This selection of short works showcases a range of themes recurrent in Alsharif’s practice, from the political to the metaphysical to her interrogation of the relationship between geographic space and cultural identity.
Program includes:
O, Persecuted (2014)
Deep Sleep (2014)
Home Movie Gaza (2013)
We Began By Measuring The Distance (2009)
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