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USAMA ALSHAIBI

2007

• Whoop Draft ; Water Babies; video; color; 4:27
• Flesh Tone Genesis ; with Kristie; video; color; 7:22
• Baba Boom Boom ; DV; color; 6:09
• Dream Of Samarra ; 8mm/video; color; 1:00
• Signal Cross Over ;with Kristie; video; color; 3:24
• Vanitas ;Bobby Conn; video; color; 8:00
• When The Money’s Gone ;Bobby Conn; video; color; 3:33
• King For A Day (CD Version) ;Bobby Conn; video; color; 4:00

2006

• Nice Bombs ; DV; color; 76:00
• Eid Sacrifice ; DV; color; 2:05
• Qawliya Dance ; video; color; 8:05

2005

• The Pill , DV; color; 5:20
• You’ve Come A Long Way, Bobby Conn Band ; DV; color; 9:10
• Home Sweet Home , Bobby Conn & The Glass Gypsies; DV; color; 7:30
• Traumata ; 16mm film; color; 2:00

2004

• Video Babylon ; Iraqi video program; video; color; 52:00
• The Message ; DV; color; 5:45
• Self -Contained ; 16mm film; color; 2:15
• Hold My Scissors; Magic is Küntmaster; DV: color; 4:17
• Bombshell ; video; black & white; color; 15:35
• Convulsion Expulsion ; 35mm film to digital video; color; 6:00

2003

• Muhammad and Jane ; DV; black and white; 80:00
• Stabbed in the Face ; Panicsville; video,16mm film; color; 6:53
• The Amateurs ; DV; color; 49:00
• Allahu Akbar ; digital; black & white; 5:10
• Portrait 01.10.03 ; DV; color; 3:20

2002

• Interview with Studs Terkel ; DV; color 70:00
• Public Din ; DV; color; 8:05
• Soak ; DV; color; 60:00
• Angels ; Bobby Conn music video; DV; color; 4:30

2001

• Slaughtered Pigtails ; DV; color; 2:32
• The Green Room ; DV; color; 6:15
• Ass ; DV; color; 9:00
• The Foreigner ; DV; color; 15:00
• Congratulations ; 16mm found footage; color; 2:00

2000

• Dogirl ; 16mm film; b&w and color; 4:00
• Death Jerk-Off 2000 Variation 1 ; 16mm, mini DV; color; 2:40
• Death Jerk-Off 2000 ; 16mm film and DV; b&w and color; 2:40
• Muffin ; DV; color; 5:30
• Serenade ; 16 mm film; color; 3:00
• Fairyland ; 16 mm; color; 3:30
• The Swimmer ; DV; color; 2:15

1999

• Lullaby ; 16mm film; color; 2:00
• Death Jerk-Off ; 16mm film, hi-8, found footage; color; 3:40
• Dance Habibi Dance ; 16mm film; color; 3:45

1998

• The Speech ; Zeek Sheck ; music video; 16 mm film; color; 4:30

1996

• Holiday ; 8mm film, hi-8 video; color; 14:30

1995

• Try ; 16mm film, color; 6:00

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• Art(noun)
  1.) creative or imaginative activity, esp. the arrangement of elements within a medium
  2.) a practical skill/knack
  3.) contrivance; cunning

  Vamp(verb)
  1.) to invent or improvise
  2.) to practice seductive wiles

  Vamp(noun)
  1.) a short musical passage usually repeated
  2.) a woman who uses her charm or wiles to seduce