Usama Alshaibi interview in Vice blog
NEW YORK – WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT A PRETTY LITTLE VIDEO AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED
Usama Alshaibi’s known for stirring up serious political shit with a pervo swizzle stick; his last completed feature, Nice Bombs, in which he revisits his motherland Iraq and ends up just like the rest of the U.S.—having no conclusion, no idea really what to make of the enormous mess—pissed off a lot of people. When we stumbled on this strange, magical video that feels like some kind of haunted video feedback loop, which he made with his wife Kristie (click below to watch it), we thought we’d found something that was just pretty great to look at, a miniature respite from his workaday leanings. But when we asked him to talk about it, that was a jack-in-the-box of worms that led to a discussion about his recent film, Profane. Seems he just can’t get away from the deep, dark stuff. [read the rest]
Usama Alshaibi will participate at the Printers Ball at the MCA Chicago
Usama Alshaibi was invited to the Printer’s Ball at theMuseum of Contemporary Art
He will be doing a short video for The Dollar Store.
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Friday, August 22, 5pm
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue
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