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Photo-Collage

I was gifted this beautiful journal for my birthday and immeditaely created these two photo collages with watercolor. The pictures are from my instant film wide camera, cut up (with the pinkish backing) and specifically arranged. One is a self-portrait and the other is my wife Lauren.

 

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Testimony reviewed in the Chicago Reader

“Alshaibi’s short, Testimony (2023), is an ethereal take on the idea of AI becoming sentient and wanting the full human range of physical and emotional dynamism. Specifically, Alshaibi’s use of footage of ballerinas from the early 1900s creates a dreamlike effect that to my mind seems like something a sensitive robot might have stored in its subconscious.”
-Kat Sachs, Chicago Reader (September, 2024)
https://chicagoreader.com/film/the-moviegoer/chicago-underground-film-festival-harper-theater/

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App 666

I was asked by filmmaker William Brown to contribute a video for his new film App 666 that premiered at the Small File Film Festival in Vancouver. This is the type of cinema we need today.

Inspired by Wim Wenders’s Room 666, this collaborative project asks 17 filmmakers about the current state of cinema. Selfie-style confessionals explore divides in the contemporary media landscape—from the powerful small-scale images presently emerging from Gaza to the distorted escapism of Hollywood blockbusters—and ask whether there is still a place for independent filmmaking.

‍App 666 will be followed by a Q&A with William Brown, Jill Daniels, and Will Wapeemukwa. Moderated by Dr. Laura U. Marks.
https://2024.smallfile.ca/