Chris Moukarbel

Moukarbel made art videos and contemporary art while living in New York. In a New York Times article about the art project Moukarbel said in the interview "My film was offered free on the Internet… It cost $1,000 to produce. We're at a place now where technology allows the democratization of storytelling. Through their access and budget they're able to affect a lot of people's ideas about an event and also affect policy. I was deliberately using their script and pre-empting their release to make a statement about power." After Paramount blocked the distribution of the video it continued to be shown at Witte de With Institute of Contemporary art who refused to comply with the court order. His artwork has shown at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Air de Paris, Witte de with and Wallspace gallery among others. == Music videos ==

Moukarbel co-directed the REM music video Everyday is Yours to Win, The Drums, I Felt Stupid and Joan as Police Woman's Start of my Heart. == Accolades ==

Moukarbel was born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Lebanese parents and lives between Los Angeles and New York. He attended Corcoran School of Art and Yale School of Art. Chris Moukarbel was in a relationship with Jake Shears, the frontman of the band Scissor Sisters from 2004 to 2015. ==References==