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Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship

2012

Medium: Super 8mm film transferred to video (color, sound)
Dimensions: 9:31 min.
Genre: Video
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship by Basim Magdy — VisualArtsDB