The plunge into
space, the acquisition
of new weapons, the breakthroughs in medical and other sciences are shaped largely by their own
internal dynamics... The human being, while being the inventor, is simultaneously the prisoner
of the process
of invention.10
Sama Alshaibi's multi-media artworks disinters negotiations in
spaces of conflict: the causation and aftermath
of war and exile, the clashes between nation and citizenry, the vexatious
dynamics of humans competing for land, resources and power, and finally, one's own
internal battle for control through fear and fearlessness.