Samiir Saunders
Samiir Saunders is a multimedia poet from Birmingham. Samiir’s work blends spoken word, sound art, alternative hip-hop, and performance art. Samiir explores themes of intimacy, technology, glitches, communication, healing, and memory. Samiir has performed at venues across the UK and internationally, including Ikon Gallery, Jerwood Space, La Gaîté Lyrique, Tramlines Festival, and Supernormal Festival. Samiir’s poetry films have screened at OutFest Los Angeles, Arcadia Gallery, and Channel 4 Random Acts. Their film ‘oneminuteglitches’, which they originally published to Instagram, was featured in the online exhibition ‘A World Without End’ and was a finalist for Best Illustrated Poem at the ‘Wales International Film Festival 2021.
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