{"title":"Asem Kamal","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eAsem Kamal Artist and Documentation Fellow | Giza, Egypt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eI am a YouTuber and maker from Giza, Egypt. I hold a Fine Arts degree, but I often\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003esay I graduated from the University of YouTube—where curiosity and trial-anderror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eshaped my creative path. My work explores storytelling through craft. I create\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eboth long-format videos that aim to engage deeply, and short-form content that’s designed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003efor quick, often endless consumption—the kind that feeds our chronically online habits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eWhile this job gives me immense creative freedom, I’ve started to question my role in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003ethat loop. At WARP Wood, I wanted to step away from the screen and re-engage with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003estorytelling through physical making. As the Documentary Artist Fellow, I built a wooden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eflipbook machine—a hand-cranked device that plays looping, one-second video portraits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eof each artist in their element, frame by frame.The project merges my filmmaking\/animation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003ebackground with a desire to slow time down, reconnect with process, and reflect on the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003emechanics of attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eThis residency reminded me that making by hand isn’t just about tools or materials—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eit’s about how we choose to pay attention. For me, the flipbook machine wasn’t just\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003ea documentation tool, but a quiet protest against brain rot and passive scrolling. A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eway to invite focus, presence, and physical rhythm back into the way we tell stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0411\/4487\/7221\/collections\/Screenshot_2025-07-29_at_2.26.20_PM.png?v=1753814405","url":"https:\/\/museum-for-art-in-wood.myshopify.com\/collections\/asem-kamal.oembed","provider":"Museum for Art in Wood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}