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Cruda Colletive 


EXPERIENCE


2020 - present

Cruda Collective

2020 - present

Creative Director & Artist

2022 - 2023

Nadine El Roubi’s offical Creative Director

2022 - 2023

Video Editor. Egas Producations, Almere

2023

Selected Artist for 25AV to direct a film with music produced by Marco Caricolca. 

2021 - 2022

Researcher in Residency.
Horror Program Research Bureau. University of the Underground,

2021 - 2022

Artist in Residency.
Midseason Residency. Het Resort, Groningen 

2021 - 2022

Artist in Residency.
Master Apprentice Program. Kunstpodium T, Tilburg

2019

Writer in Residency.
Camp Cushy Watershed, 1- month Residency for artists and writers, Eindhoven

2019

Artist in Residency.
UNIDEE Residency program with Cittadellarte. Biella, Italy

Creative Director | Hybrid Storyteller | Artist
Creative Director | Hybrid Storyteller | Artist


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Last updated 03/2024

Laila Saber Rodriguez is an Egyptian & Mexican creative & art director currently based between Barcelona & The Netherlands. 

Founder of the upcoming creative studio, Les Shapeshifters, which is geared at fostering cross-pollination across industries and the creative sector. Her focus on hybrid experiences and models of creative production is paired with 5+ years of project management expereince on creative projects from music, art, & film.
Laila focuses on building teams that are centered on the WHY, collaboration and transformation. She is award-winning & featured in top publications.She is always seeking new artistic frontiers.

Laila is also part of the collective duo Cruda, with Andrea Galano Toro, who together explore hybridity and animism through workshops, performance, and lectures.


EDUCATION

2023-2024
MA in Art & Creative Direction. Elisava, Barcelona. 

2017-2021
BA in Art & Design. Base for Experiment Art and Research. ArtEZ, Arnhem

2018-2020
Honours Minor Degree in Theory & Research. ArtEZ, Deventer.

2016-2017
Orientation Course in Art and Design
Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague

EXHIBITIONS / SHOWS


03/2024
Crimson Venom exhibited in KunstRAI as part of Backstage Academy Expo. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

03/2024
Hilos en Hilos screening in Momo Festival as part of Squish Rotterdam, Netherlands.

02/2024
Col•lisió event. Sold out. Sala 3, Apolo. Barcelona

12/2023 
Hilos en Hilos presented in Muharraq Nights Art Film festival. Bahrain

11/2023 
Hilos en Hilos presented in Milan Triennale. In conjunction with 25AV. Milan, Italy. 

10/2023
Space & Art Masterclass Residency. KOSMICA Institute
06/2022
Water Is What We Make It. Part of Gemeene Grond exhibited in Casco Art Institute, Utrecht

03/2022
Horror Show.
Researchers present their final project. University of the Under-ground,

03/2022
Once Upon A Time.
group show at Kardinge Ice-Skating Ring, Groningen.

03/2022
World Receiver.
Group show at Omstand, Arnhem.

11/2021
Media, Art & Technology Festival.
Limina screening on the big screen at Focus Film Theater, Arnhem

07/2021
Hot Damn Thank You Ma’am.
ArtEZ BEAR finals, Arnhem.

PUBLICATIONS / APPERANCES

03/2024
Hilos en Hilos reviewed on Short Film Matters

12/2022
Selected Artist for 25AV program alongside collaborator, Marco Caricola. 

10/2022
Awarded Pictoright Fund for young talent. 

08/2022 
Falsa Porta Interview with Marco Caricola on Radio Alhara.
03/2022
“The Creature That Crawls in The Underground Skies”
Film project research published on University of the Underground.

11/2021
World Building Lecture with Andrea Galano Toro.
Media Art & Technology Festival at Focus Film Theater, Arnhem

09/2021
Metropolis M. Selected in best Graduates List of 2021.

07/2021
Syntax Podcast Interview on Spotify.
Laila Saber Rodriguez and Andrea Galano Toro moderated by Heike de Wit. Arnhem.

06/2021
A Good Tale Begins with a Walk.
Video Essay comissioned by Studium Generale ArtEZ, Arnhem & Cairo.

FILMOGRAPHY

Hilos en Hilos (2023)
Hybrid Time: An Underground Experience (2023)
The Creature That Crawls in The Underground Skies (2022)
Mercury Surface (2022)
Limina (2021)
A Good Tale Begins With A Walk (2021)
Querido Mapa (2020)



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