Islam Allam

I’mAllEars


Rooted in the emotional weight of listening, this video work reflects on the silent labor carried by those who are constantly available to others. Through shifting frames, layered imagery, and unstable facial presence, the work reveals listening as an active state rather than a passive gesture.


I’mAllEars considers the tension between empathy and self-preservation. It traces the invisible pressure of absorbing what others release, asking what remains with the listener after the conversation ends.


Video art

Duration: 0’42”

4K vertical

2023

I’mAllEars – Poster

Still 01

Still 02

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Selected Screenings

& Presentations

Official Selection

4th Annual Small File Media Festival

The Cinematheque, Vancouver, Canada

2023

Digital Interventions: Bodies, Infrastructures, Politics

CRC Intervening Arts Annual Conference

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

2025