Sama Alshaibi, Together Apart, 2017, Video Art with sound, 2 min 10 sec with sound, Edition 3 + 1 AP
Sama Alshaibi’s art propels empathy and reflection, a work that stems from the artist’s lived experience as well as a dedication to questioning spaces of conflict, historical accounts and the status quo.
Her art is charged with critical political narratives and socio-political issues, whilst visually being poetic and transcendent. This duality comes through much of the artist’s imagery, found in both Alshaibi’s photography and film nourished by her performance art and use of the body to convey an array of important notions.
