Illinois Parables (2016)
Deborah Starttman, 60 mins
An experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and resistance, all occurring somewhere in the state of Illinois. The state is a convenient structural ruse, allowing its histories to become allegories that explore how we’re shaped by conviction and ideology.
Installed at al-Ma3mal Centre for Contemporary Art, May 20-25
Installed in the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre on May 25th only