videos - Steve Sabella

Everland 2020

The nine squares of Everland is a photo collage of Palestinian embroidery decorations sewn and woven on a wide variety of traditional costumes. This disappearing tradition is passed from generation to generation by women who sew patterns and motifs to reveal their heritage, ancestry, and place of origin. The embroidery is derived from geometric forms.

Everland celebrates all the charm that comes out of Palestine, a place where everything gets disrupted. Yet, the collage-style enables the different cross stitches, among other techniques, to penetrate deep into new borders, creating unique designs that look as if they represent every other culture.

Every time everland will be on display, the squares will be put in a different constellation, including their orientation to any side. This way, everland will always have endless possibilities, creating a new visual, forever changing

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edition 1/6 is in the collection of the Arab World Institute Museum in Paris.

الصوت العربي – Cosmo

Interview with Darya Farman

RBB Radio Berlin

voice only as aired on June 17, 2021

Meet the artist Steve Sabella

The Palestinian Museum

As part of the international group exhibition Intimate Terrains: Representations of a Disappearing Landscape (April 2 – December 31 2019)

April 29, 2019

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3.23 mins

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endless – the making of an artwork

By Achille Abboud

2020

“I documented the work of Steve with his daughter Cécile with my phone. It was not only seeing them work together, it was capturing a moment of creation, a moment of a bond between father and daughter through art.”

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Steve Sabella Artist Talk: The Palestinian Story – Kan Yama Kan

The Palestinian Museum

April 8, 2019

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55 mins

Steve Sabella Interview with Liana Saleh

France 24 News

September 12, 2017
Featuring The Patrons Call

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13.01 mins

Artist Steve Sabella On The Liberation of The Self

The Electronic Intifada

June 2017

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3:44 m

Steve Sabella Art Paris Art Fair

Global Fashion Channel

April 2018

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6:00 mins

interview appears on minute 4:20

Liberation of the Imagination Through the Liberation of the Self

With introduction by Liana Saleh

France 24 News

September 12, 2017
Featuring The Patrons Call

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4.13 mins

Artworks – Episode 506

PBS

October 19, 2016
By Reah Feiken

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26.47 mins

Occupation is Like Rape – It Cannot be Justified

Guest & Story – Interview by Samah Altaweel

Deutsche Welle

November 23, 2015

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26.06 mins

In The Darkroom With Steve Sabella

Directed by Nadia Johanne Kabalan

October 2014

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15.50 mins

The interview-based short film explores the creation process of recent works by the Jerusalem-born artist Steve Sabella. Having witnessed the construction of the Separation Wall in Palestine, Steve shares his views on the entanglements between art and politics that influence his work, which is characterised by fluidity, ongoing renewal and conversion. While the series Metamorphosis (2012) reveals the artist’s transformation after an internal and external conflict rooted in his experience of occupation, 38 Days of Re-collection (2013-2014) documents the excavation of a forgotten and re-imagined history of Jerusalem. By exploring a fragmented material history and reality, Steve seeks a visual language of his own that transcends restrictions and challenges borders. The film accompanies the artist in the darkroom, the space that brings images and imagination to life.

“When you are in the darkroom, you don’t speak with anyone. The only thing you speak with is … art.”

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Past Screenings:

Boston Palestine Film Festival, Boston, USA – October 24, 2015

The Eltiqa Group for Contemporary Art Gaza, Palestine, in collaboration with Windows on Gaza for Contemporary Art – April 11, 2015

The Arab Culture Association Haifa, Palestine – April 9, 2015

The French-German Cultural Center Ramallah, Palestine, in collaboration with the A.M. Qattan Foundation – April 8, 2015

Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts & Culture Bethlehem, Palestine – April 7, 2015

The Institut Français Jérusalem, Jerusalem, Palestine, in collaboration with The Educational Bookshop and Palestinian Art Court-Al Hoash – April 4, 2015

Berlin Independent Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – February 10, 2015

Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival Doha, Qatar, Oct 23 – 26, 2014

Independence at Meem Gallery, Dubai, UAE – daily from October 28 – December 6, 2014

Archaeology of the Future at The International Center of Photography Scavi Scaligeri, Verona, Italy – daily from October 8 – November 16, 2014

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK – October 16, 2014

Fragments from our Beautiful Future – Exhibition Video

August 13, 2017

As part of the Fragments from our Beautiful Future duo exhibition
At The Bumiller Collection, Berlin
Conceived by A. S. Bruckstein House of Taswir

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4.21 mins

Fragments from our Beautiful Future – Exhibition teaser

By Manu Bruckstein

May 19, 2017

As part of the Fragments from our Beautiful Future exhibition
At The Bumiller Collection, Berlin, Germany
Conceived by A. S. Bruckstein House of Taswir

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2.03 mins

Archaeology of the Future – Exhibition teaser

By Box Art Gallery

As part of the Archaeology of the Future solo exhibition (October 8 – November 16 2014)
International Center of Photography Scavi Scaligeri

in collaboration with Berloni Gallery, London and Box Art, Verona
Curated by Karin Adrian Von Roques

October 8, 2014

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2.39 mins

view the Archaeology of the Future catalogue published by Maretti Editore

The Parachute Paradox – Berlin Book Launch

October 18, 2016

At the Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Berlin

Including reading, discussion with Alya Sebti, director of ifa-Galerie Berlin, moderated by Dr. Almút Sh. Bruckstein, founder of Taswir Projects, Q&A and signing, in cooperation between ICI Berlin, Steve Sabella, ifa-Galerie and Taswir Projects

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1:29.21 mins

The Parachute Paradox – London Book Launch

November 21, 2016

At the University of London, SOAS

Including a reading, discussion with Dr. Siba Aldabbagh and Professor Wen-Chin Ouyang, Q&A and signing, sponsored by the Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS), the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Near and Middle East (NME), and the Centre for Palestine Studies (CPS)

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