Mandrake

Army Art Theater

The Backside of God The Backside of God is an experimental documentary utilizing archival footage, digital glitch, chemical abstraction, and direct animation to explore the intricacies of the artist’s relationship with their familial, religious, and queer identity.

Rehla: Modern Symphony This video essay mocks the modern man’s struggle to label and distinguish himself from the rest of society, while trying his best to rise above it. It was produced for "Rehla"’s 17th issue entitled "Museum of Modern Man".

Rehla: Our Phantom Pregn... The video essay takes a critical look at the subject of nostalgia, at a time in which people are drowning in their nostalgic fantasies. It uses YouTube comments converted to robotic voices, discussing feelings of nostalgia as a reaction to a video posted online. It was produced for "Rehla"’s 10th issue entitled "Nostalgia".

Rehla: Limbo The video essay criticises Western psychology when applied in a country like Lebanon. “The constant fear of the bomb” could be analysed as an irrational fear in psychology, but the August 4th explosion proved that this fear is both very rational and very real. This video was produced for "Rehla"’s 14th issue entitled "Will".

Emergence (Micro-Commis... Four filmmakers and videographers were invited by the Beirut Art Center (BAC) to make a short narrative film using only recordings from the 6 security cameras set up in the BAC’s space. During the preparations for these commissions, a heavier reference imposed itself onto the visual imaginaries tied to the CCTV footage, and that is the anticipation of the disaster that rushed into the intimacy of our lives and demolished our shelters.

Orbital Discourse Marc Cartwright's "Orbital Discourse" places a myriad of vocal perspectives into – and allegorises them as – a pan of water. Cartwright's single-take film features plurality in close-up: its tensions, cacophonies, brutalities. Bring to the boil, then simmer.

National Bird 2 Curtis Miller's "National Bird 2" confirms, in conclusion, that attempts to capture an overview of nature and landscape can result in unexpected intervention: a comical and humbling rejection of the codes and modes that define a human gaze.

UNSTUCK or Billy Pilgrim... Four filmmakers and videographers were invited by the Beirut Art Center (BAC) to make a short narrative film using only recordings from the 6 security cameras set up in the BAC’s space. During the preparations for these commissions, a heavier reference imposed itself onto the visual imaginaries tied to the CCTV footage, and that is the anticipation of the disaster that rushed into the intimacy of our lives and demolished our shelters.

uchronia, no.1 Fragilities of time and perception are captured in macro in Kamila Kuc's "uchronia, no.1". Seductively textured images contrast against intimate and claustrophobic sounds, forming an eerily demanding observational experience.