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Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige question the fabrication of images and representations, the construction of imaginaries and the writing of history.

Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas collaborate as visual artists and filmmakers.

Visual artist and filmmaker Lamia Joreige uses archival documents and elements of fiction to reflect on the construction of historical narratives and the relationship between individual stories and collective memory.

Amar Kanwar's poetic documentaries and video installations examine nationalism, politics, violence and social performance in the Indian subcontinent.

Maryam Kashani’s research and work explore the possibilities of visual perception, cinematic narrative and representation.

May Kassem’s journey began with experimental filmmaking using 16mm film and has developed to documentaries, fiction and animated films.

Whether working with found footage or her own images, Shambhavi Kaul explores the cinematic construction of place, and inevitably, that of human identity.

In his videos and installations frequently resembling experimental configurations, Christoph Keller uses the discursive possibilities of art to investigate the themes of science and its utopias.

Informed by her background in photography and architecture, Bani Khoshnoudi explores ideas of exile and modernity, displacement, dislocation and memory.

Abbas Kiarostami graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer.

Bahman Kiarostami is a film director, editor and cinematographer.

Her recent talks include Art + Activism + the Archive, at the Stanford L Warren Library.

Standish Lawder is internationally recognized for his work in avant-garde filmmaking.

Faustin Linyekula’s work as a choreographer, dancer and founder of Studios Kabako in Kisangani is intimately tied to the artist’s engagement with his home country.