NOTE: This exhibition is now closed and disabled. 

These video works may be viewed: directly on a mobile smart device (iOS or Android operating systems); by streaming it on a smart TV using the Screen Mirroring feature or by using Apple TV, Chromecast or similar device; or by using a HDMI to USB Type-C or Apple Lightning adapter cable. For optimal viewing, it is suggested that you download the Vimeo app.

Jamilah Sabur (St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica, b. 1987) 

1. Bridge dance, 2011

Single-channel video streamed online 

07:15 min.

Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami

2. Playing Possum, 2012 

Single-channel video streamed online 

09:54 min. 

Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami

3. Moon Tendon, 2015

12:00 min. 

Single-channel video streamed online 

Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami 

4. rhombus: above Lake Apopka North Shore, 2017 

04:33 min. 

Single-channel video streamed online 

Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami 

5. rhombus: cradling Mars west of the Sargasso Sea, 2017

01:50 min. 

Single-channel video streamed online 

Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami 

6. Tidal locking, 2019 

05:00 min. 

Single-channel video streamed online 

Courtesy of the artist and Nina Johnson, Miami 

Observations: Selected Works by Jamilah Sabur is a free, online exhibition of video works by Jamaica-born, Miami-based artist Jamilah Sabur. 

Sabur is an artist whose practice spans various disciplines including installation, performance, and video. In this exhibition, the artist's video works are a collision of how we view time, culture, heritage, place, and space. Sabur frequently references language and landscape to depict the relationship between memory, community, and belonging.

A key influence on Subur's practice is the groundbreaking approach Galileo Galilei took with respect to observational astronomy. Galilei attempted to change the acceptable ways of thinking about matter and its motion by pursuing a unified theory of matter. Similarly, Sabur's work utilizes a more conceptual approach to observation whereby the human body and all of its associated senses becomes a telescope in search of universality. By applying such a methodology, the distant feels more familiar and attainable. 

Observations is organized by Taras W. Matla, associate director. Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. Additional support is provided by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora.