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<em>Ibraaz</em> is pleased to present an exclusive online screening of Larissa Sansour's science fiction trilogy, which includes <em>A Space Exodus</em> (2008), <em>Nation Estate</em> (2012), and<em> In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain</em> (2016). Under the common themes of loss, belonging, heritage and national identity, the three films each...

In this commission, Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind's rebel leader from their 2016 film <em>In the Future they Ate from the Finest Porcelain</em> has an extended consultation with her psychiatrist. They speak about myth, counter-myth and mythmaking in the context of nationhood – as the rebel leader or 'narrative terrorist'...

<em>Nation</em> <em>Estate</em> is a nine-minute sci-fi short offering a dystopian yet humorous approach to the deadlock in the Middle East. With a mixture of computer generated imagery (CGI), live actors and arabesque electronica, <em>Nation Estate</em> explores a vertical solution to Palestinian statehood. In Sansour's film, Palestinians have their state in...

As a politically engaged artist, I have to believe that artistic practices do have the potential to offer insights and negotiate anything from the demands of cultural institutions to politics and the ideals of civil society. Without such a belief, the entire foundation of what I do would be rattled....