Basim Magdy is an artist born in 1977 in Assuit, Egypt. He studied BFA Painting on the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo and he won the Abraaj Group Art Prize of 2014, a prize for artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.Basim has done both solo works and group projects, he has worked with both screenings, films, workshops, paintings and photographs. You can see most of his work on his website: http://www.basimmagdy.com

 

Above is a personal favorite of mine, a film called 13 ESSENTIAL RULES IN UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD (2011). It’s 5 minutes of different photage as the artist is exploring ways to, in your everyday life, better understand the world we live in with tips as ”Never let yourself fall asleep. You’ll dream.” and ”Never trust dogs or people. They both bite when angry.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

”Never let yourself fall asleep. You’ll dream.”