Kameelah Janan Rasheed: The Edge of Legibility
Immersed in books since childhood, acclaimed text-based artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed is fascinated by the written word and its power to both define and destabilize how we understand the world. With a close-up style mirroring Kameelah’s own preoccupation with the fragmentary and barely legible, this film explores the artist’s expansive ideas and miniaturist process in her Brooklyn home studio.
- Overview
- Cast
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Kameelah Janan Rasheed: The Edge of Legibility
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 7, 2022
Runtime
0h 8m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Kameelah Janan Rasheed: The Edge of Legibility
Production Companies
art21
Director
Carrie Hawks
Description
Immersed in books since childhood, acclaimed text-based artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed is fascinated by the written word and its power to both define and destabilize how we understand the world. With a close-up style mirroring Kameelah’s own preoccupation with the fragmentary and barely legible, this film explores the artist’s expansive ideas and miniaturist process in her Brooklyn home studio.
