![Congrats to artist Sam Jury for winning the UK’s prestigious Arts and Humanities Research Council’s 2018 Research in Film Award!<br />⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀<br />Jury's award-winning film, To Be Here, debuted at the MSU Broad in 2016. The artist used hand-held cameras to document the daily lives of Sahrawi refugees in the extreme conditions of camps near Tindouf, Algeria. Since then, the film has been screened internationally, including the camp where it was originally filmed.<br />⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀<br />Sam Jury: To Be Here is curated by @steven.l.bridges, Associate Curator. 📷: @eatpomegranate<br />⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀<br />[Image description: a multi-channel video installation in a darkly-lit gallery. Two women sit on a bench watching the film.]<br />⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀<br />#msubroad #samjury #tobehere #videoart #documentaryfilm #contemporaryart](/img/aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC5jZG5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tL3YvdDUxLjI4ODUtMTUvNDQ5MjI1ODRfMzI3NzMzNDkxMzc0MzY3XzM0MjExODA2NTcyMTQ5NTkzODlfbi5qcGc/c3RwPWRzdC1qcGdfZTE1X2ZyX3MxMDgweDEwODAmX25jX2h0PXNjb250ZW50LmNkbmluc3RhZ3JhbS5jb20mX25jX2NhdD0xMDMmX25jX29oYz0wMjFPdkQ4Nk9STUFiN2pPcTJfJmVkbT1BUHMxN0NVQkFBQUEmY2NiPTctNSZvaD0wMF9BZkJCZW04bWo1eF9KNUc1cXFRT3B4M0p3RmRuX1dtVThEWG43RWZZbXZHRURnJm9lPTY2MzA2RjVEJl9uY19zaWQ9MTBkMTNi.jpg)
Congrats to artist Sam Jury for winning the UK’s prestigious Arts and Humanities Research Council’s 2018 Research in Film Award!
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Jury's award-winning film, To Be Here, debuted at the MSU Broad in 2016. The artist used hand-held cameras to document the daily lives of Sahrawi refugees in the extreme conditions of camps near Tindouf, Algeria. Since then, the film has been screened internationally, including the camp where it was originally filmed.
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Sam Jury: To Be Here is curated by @steven.l.bridges, Associate Curator. 📷: @eatpomegranate
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[Image description: a multi-channel video installation in a darkly-lit gallery. Two women sit on a bench watching the film.]
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#msubroad #samjury #tobehere #videoart #documentaryfilm #contemporaryart