Dare to Question My Identity or Where I Come From: Steve Sabella at TEDxMarrakesh 2012

STEVE SABELLA born in Jerusalem in 1975, is a Berlin based artist who uses photography and photography installations as his principle modes of expression. He is the holder of the Ellen Auerbach Award (2008) granted by the Akademie der K¸nste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin and Sabella was one of the commissioned artists for the inauguration of MATHAF Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha. Steve Sabellaís artworks have been collected by the British Museum in London, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Ars Aevi museum in Sarajevo and leading collectors in the Middle East including Cuadro Fine Art in Dubai, Salsali Private Museum and Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah. Sabellaís project jerusalem in exile explored the mental image Palestinians held of Jerusalem and has gained international attention, leading to its production into a documentary film. Consequently, Sabella has been using photomontage as a visual form for the ëstate of mindí that results from living in ëmental exile.í Steve Sabella studied art photography at the Jerusalem School of Photography and New Media in 1994, and holds a BA in Visual Arts from the State University of New York (2007). Sabella received his first MA with a Caparo Award of Distinction in Photographic Studies (2008) from the University of Westminster and his second MA in Art Business (2009) at Sothebyís Institute of Art in London. Sabella gave art talks / presentations in several places including the University of Cambridge, Turin University, SOAS, University of East London, Accademia Albertina Delle Belle Arti in Turin, Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait, Rostock University, Akademie der K¸nste in Berlin & and the British Museum in London.
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[@skiliminy]

Awesome presentation. Gotta love your witty outlook things!

[@Abdoright]

Hello Palestinian Light, I am Moroccan Zero :) JK
I was lucky to see your talk live Steve! I enjoyed every moment !