Runa islam biography of barack

Inspired by the history and aesthetics of cinema, Bangladeshi-born British artist Runa Islam works mainly with 8, 16, and 35mm film and is noted for her experimental approach to filmmaking.

As she is deeply concerned with the experience of viewing, Islam’s films are often presented within the context of deliberately minimal, sober installations. The content of her work meanwhile questions conventional modes of filmmaking: linear narrative is passed over for a circular approach, and recurrent themes—investigations of time, duration, and the act of seeing—favor visual explorations instead of traditional representation.

Indeed, Islam’s works are profoundly sophisticated films wherein manipulations of light, color, movement, and abstraction continuously challenge the viewer to recognize and contemplate the “illusion of film."

Islam was nominated for the Tate’s Turner Prize in 2008 and has been included in exhibitions and biennials