It Was A Rebellion has been in development for three years. An early version was performed as a pirate radio broadcast at Homan Square, a former Chicago Police Department black site. It mixes music from the Civil Rights Era and the Black Panther Party, news reports and political speeches, and ephemeral and symbolic sounds to articulate public expressions of Black rage.
It Was A Rebellion (House Mix) plays on the political roots of Black with a Chicago-style dance party vibe.
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Artwork that empowers the human spirit, and explores the relativity of interactions through silence and time.
This artist has exhibited at Colby Gallery (Pilsen), amongst other venues.
BLACKTAX is series of multimedia artworks by ARTepidemic from Chicago.
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A meditation on absence and loss, Nocturne aims to capture a somatic understanding of the memory of another.
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Set in Naperville, Illinois, "Obstacle Course" explores reactions to a proposed Islamic Community Center on the site of a beloved landmark.
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A collection of different works based on today's issues and anxieties people have. These anxieties may be about the current pandemic, death, or other personal issues.
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"Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness" is a documentary that expands the American conversation on race by zeroing in on whiteness as a constructed social and political category.
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"The Balancing Arab" tells the story of Hanan (played by Amira Sabbagh), a politically active Arab American, and Heidi, her Irish American personal fitness trainer (played by Leslie Frame).
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"The Four Hijabs" is an animated short film that explores the multiple meanings of four hijabs mentioned in 16 Qur'anic verses and interprets them through Arab-Muslim Feminist lenses.
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