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Et Al. presents
Basma Alsharif, We Began By Measuring Distance
TRT: 57 minutes
Everywhere was the same, 2007, video, sound, 11 minutes (the USA)
we began by measuring distance, 2009, video, sound, 19 minutes (Egypt)
Turkish Delight, 2010, video, sound, 2.30 minutes (Jordan)
Home Movies Gaza, 2013, video, sound, 24 minutes (Palestine)
A selection of short films that deal with the subjective experience of political geographies in relation to fractured landscapes and a contemporary condition that has absorbed perpetual geopolitical shifts.
Bio
Basma Alsharif (born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents) is a visual artist working between cinema and installation. Raised in France and the US, she has lived and worked nomadically since receiving her MFA in 2007, she developed her practice between Chicago, Cairo, Beirut, Sharjah, Amman and most recently Paris.