Oliver Husain is a filmmaker and artist based in Toronto and Frankfurt.
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
C - value at Republic Gallery, Vancouver, March 22 to April 27 ; Gebimsel at Gallery Susan Hobbs, Toronto, May 2 to June 8; Item Number as part of the exhibition Spectacular Sangeet, Surrey Art Gallery, opening April 13, artist talk May 11; also screening at Tiff Lightbox March 10, 6.30pm; Rice Media Center Houston , April 7, 5pm.; and touring internationally with Oberhausen on tour.
STATEMENT
I often begin with a portrait of a person or place. The outcome is a video or film, a text or a textile; something foldable that can be stored away easily, or something standing on thin chopstick legs. Something that might collapse under the eyes of the viewer - in a film, this could be its fragile narrative structure. The viewers are left with holding up their side by themselves. In this way, I am constructing attractive traps.
DOWNLOAD
CV
interview in cinemascope magazine
CONTACT
write to oliver(at)husain(dot)de
DISTRIBUTORS
arsenal experimental
vtape
 
 
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