Mariam Ghani is an Afghanâ€"American visual artist, photographer,
filmmaker and social activist.Mariam Ghani was born in 1978 in
Brooklyn, New York, of Afghan and Lebanese descent. Her father,
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, is president of Afghanistan. Her mother, Rula
Saade, is a Lebanese citizen. Ghani grew up in exile and was unable to
travel to Afghanistan until 2002, at age 24. Her family lived in the
suburbs of Maryland. Ghani earned her degrees from New York University
and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan in comparative literature
and video photography and installation art. Ghani was an Eyebeam
resident.Since 2004, Ghani has been working on a multi-media project
entitled “Index of the Disappeared†, with her long-time
collaborator Chitra Ganesh. The project is a record of the United
States' detention of immigrants post-9/11 and public reaction to the
treatment of immigrants. The project has grown and evolved over time,
leading to a short film, How Do You See the Disappeared?,and a web
project. Some of the other materials are transcripts, some are scraps
of video or radio clips. She has presented her exhibits at the
Transmediale Berlin (2003), Liverpool (2004), EMAP Seoul (2005), Tate
Modern London (2007), the National Gallery Washington (2008), Beijing
(2009) and Sharjah (2009, 2011).In addition to the Index, she has made
multiple film projects, like Like Water From a Stone a 2013 project
Ghani filmed in Stavanger, Norway about the transformation the country
underwent with the discovery of oil; or a 2014 short film made in
Ferguson, Missouri looking at the social upheaval institutionalised
inequity has created in the US. Other films, like The Trespassers,
shown in Los Angeles in 2014, examines the problems inherent in
translating languages. Ghani sees her use of digital media and
technology as a toolkit for creating her art.
filmmaker and social activist.Mariam Ghani was born in 1978 in
Brooklyn, New York, of Afghan and Lebanese descent. Her father,
Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, is president of Afghanistan. Her mother, Rula
Saade, is a Lebanese citizen. Ghani grew up in exile and was unable to
travel to Afghanistan until 2002, at age 24. Her family lived in the
suburbs of Maryland. Ghani earned her degrees from New York University
and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan in comparative literature
and video photography and installation art. Ghani was an Eyebeam
resident.Since 2004, Ghani has been working on a multi-media project
entitled “Index of the Disappeared†, with her long-time
collaborator Chitra Ganesh. The project is a record of the United
States' detention of immigrants post-9/11 and public reaction to the
treatment of immigrants. The project has grown and evolved over time,
leading to a short film, How Do You See the Disappeared?,and a web
project. Some of the other materials are transcripts, some are scraps
of video or radio clips. She has presented her exhibits at the
Transmediale Berlin (2003), Liverpool (2004), EMAP Seoul (2005), Tate
Modern London (2007), the National Gallery Washington (2008), Beijing
(2009) and Sharjah (2009, 2011).In addition to the Index, she has made
multiple film projects, like Like Water From a Stone a 2013 project
Ghani filmed in Stavanger, Norway about the transformation the country
underwent with the discovery of oil; or a 2014 short film made in
Ferguson, Missouri looking at the social upheaval institutionalised
inequity has created in the US. Other films, like The Trespassers,
shown in Los Angeles in 2014, examines the problems inherent in
translating languages. Ghani sees her use of digital media and
technology as a toolkit for creating her art.
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