Saif Alsaegh
2021
Bitter with a Shy Taste of Sweetness
Saif Alsaegh
Using askew camera angles, pop music, and highly saturated colors, Saif Alsaegh renders the uncanny dislocation of an Iraqi immigrant living in Los Angeles, before ending with a jaunty, light-hearted take on the post-apocalypse.
Bitter with a Shy Taste of Sweetness
Alazeef
Saif Alsaegh
Through simple collage art, "Alazeef“ conveys the typical life of an Iraqi soldier one week before the 1991 Desert Storm. This nameless soldier has a deep mentality in which he looks through his life and others’ in Baghdad. He dreams and wonders about the United States and their soldiers. The narration, written by Fady Alsaegh, aims to explain the huge war machine through diving in the life of one soldier.
Alazeef
