Where would you fly if you had a Flying Carpet? 2005, 64 min

Over 50 persons living in Palestine answer to this question - mirroring their wishes and longings. This video belongs to the installation Flying Carpet.

Pupils, advocats, cleaning women - everybody has dreams, sometime collective sometimes personal. I was grateful to collect and display them.

OffMozart Award Salzburg 2005

Courtesy Wafa Masoud

Interview given in the future 2002, 3 min

This portrait demanded by ZKM Karlsruhe to let the nominees for the award present themselves to the audience.

I found it funny to be restricted by rules for issuing a personal introduction and twisted it into a piece that neglects most rules of video making.

ZKM Karlsruhe 2002 & 2005

Courtesy Erik Vossius

Travel Agency 2001, 7 min

Found footage made by my father Bassam Irshaid, shot on Super 8 in Palestine in the 1970s when we visited family reagularly. Turned into an ironic trailer for a visit to Palestine.

I want to show my personal approach to life in Palestine. My view offers a caleidoscope of imprints that can start counterweighing the stereotypes of mass media and press.

ZKM Karlsruhe Award 2002

Courtesy Bassam Irshaid

HOPE BUSINESS

A documentary goes road movie about the rich cultural landscape in Ramallah. Visiting institutions in the fields of music, Fine Arts, dance, film, performance, art in public space, music education, photography, architecture and more. Which status does art represent under occupation? Can cultural work bring social change?

2011-2025, 50 min, Hi-8