Bassem Saad is an artist and writer born on September 11. His work explores objects and economies that distribute violence, pleasure, welfare, and waste. Through time-based media, sculpture, and writing, he locates space and time for maneuvering within and beyond governance systems. Bassem’s solo and collaborative work has been screened and exhibited in different cities, and presented at Architectural Association (London), Harvard University VES (MA), Alserkal Avenue (Dubai), and through various online channels. His writing appears in Jadaliyya, Unbag, and The Funambulist, and he is a junior editor at FailedArchitecture. He was a web resident at Akademie Schloss Solitude and a resident fellow at Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Program in Beirut. He was most recently a resident at Eyebeam in New York.