Bassem Saad is an artist and writer born in Beirut on September 11th. His work explores historical rupture, social movements, sexual difference, and infrastructure, through film, performance, sculpture, and writing. Bassem’s solo and collaborative work has been presented and screened at Transmediale, Architectural Association (London), Harvard University VES (MA), Alserkal Avenue (Dubai), and elsewhere. His writing appears in Jadaliyya, Unbag, and The Funambulist, and he is an editorial team member at FailedArchitecture. He was a resident fellow at Eyebeam and Leslie Lohman Museum in New York and at Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Program in Beirut.