Film Screening and Conversation with Artist Sama Alshaibi
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Event description
- Academic events
- Arts and entertainment
- Free
- Open to the public
The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies x ASU Art Museum are partnering for two events celebrating the work of artist-in-residence, Sama Alshaibi.
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 5 - 7 p.m.: Film Screening + Panel Discussion + Reception | Lattie F. Coor Hall Room 4403 on the fourth floor.
A double feature of video artwork from artist Sama Alshaibi, “Iihya” (2023) and “See Without Being Seen” (2022) will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Chouki El Hamel, Dr. Estibalitz Ezkerra Vegas, Dr. Shahla Talebi and moderated by Dr. Jason Bruner. The discussion will be followed by a reception on the 4th floor patio.
Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 12 - 2 p.m. : Walk + Talk Tours | ASU Art Museum
In conclusion of the SHPRS x ASUAM distinguished artist-in-residency, join artist Sama Alshaibi and ASUAM curator Brittany Corrales for a Walk + Talk through Crafting Resistance which features two works by Alshaibi.
(Exhibit photo credit: Craig Smith)
About the Artist
Sama Alshaibi's (b. 1973, Iraq) photographs and videos situate her own body as a site of performance, considering the social and gendered impacts of war and migration. Her work complicates the coding of the Arab female figure found in the image history of photographs and moving images. Alshaibi’s sculptural installations evoke the body's disappearance and act as counter-memorials to war and forced exile. Alshaibi’s monograph, Sand Rushes In, was published by Aperture, NYC. It features her 8-year Silsila series (which debuted at the 55th Venice Biennale), which probes the human dimensions of borders, migration, and ecological demise.
(photo credit: Zakiriya Gladney)