Overview
The camera follows a hand carefully carrying a glass filled with ink through the streets of Tunis. We hear the sounds of traffic, but all we see are the hand, the spilling ink and the uneven pavement. Every now and then, the glass is slowly lowered to the ground, and the camera zooms in to capture the view above as reflected in the ink: a billowing flag, a bare tree, a colourful billboard. Through this simple optical device, our view of the city is expanded, and yet we can only see fragments.
2013
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
Visuals
Orientations
Ismaïl Bahri
2010
Two-channel colour HD video projection, sound
20 minutes, 18 minutes
Installation view
Image courtesy Les filles du calvaire gallery, Paris
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Bahri, Ismaïl
Ismaïl Bahri is interested in phenomenology, and his drawings, photographs and videos capture small experiments.
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