Sam Jury: To Be Here

May 14 - November 27, 2016 - This exhibition debuts British artist Sam Jury’s new project, To Be Here, which develops from her time spent with exiled Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria. Filmed over the course of a two-week residency, Jury used hand-held cameras to document the daily lives of individuals in the extreme conditions of the camps. The improvised nature of these vignettes is grounded by an audio recording of a young female resident, who considers what the future may hold for the residents there—while also revealing a growing generational divide. For its presentation at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Jury deconstructs the original linear form of the film to create a multi-channel video and sound installation that will place the viewer at the heart of the work.