How are you?, 2018, 2 Channel Video Installation, 18'44''.
Orania, a white Afrikaner settlement in South Africa, gained global fame for being the ''Neo Apartheid” village, the manifestation of continual racism in South Africa.The work How are you? is based on a visit of the settlement; yet, the situatedness becomes decontextualized through the fragmentation of the documentary footage. How are you? neither provides a narrative about Orania, nor a definition about racism, but instead uses the context to ask the question: Where does racism end, where does it begin? What are the boundaries of the white body, what is its relation, its connection to racism?
Lüderitz, 2017 (out of a series of 5). Photograph and Audio
Based on archival research in Namibia, this work examines the memory politics surrounding the Ovaherero and Nama genocide. The Herero and Namaqua Genocide refers to the massacre of approximately 50,000–65,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama people between 1904 and 1907 by German military forces in German South West Africa (GSWA), now modern-day Namibia.
The photographs depict the current state of five key concentration camp sites, such as the one in Lüderitz, which has been repurposed as a camping ground. This environmental invisibility is contrasted with a reenactment of archival documents, including the names of murdered Ovaherero and Nama, which can be listened to via headphones.
This project is conducted in collaboration with the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation.
Al BSweetsaba sweet, audiovisual installation, 2016
The work based on 12 interviews with Euro-American expatriates living in Beirut. The interviews explore their perceptions of Lebanon and their self-ascribed roles within the country. Through the intermingling of individual utterances, the work highlights rhetorical patterns characteristic of a Eurocentric perspective.
Al Baba Sweets, Publication, 2016
The centerpiece of this publication is the collection of interview transcripts, which are accompanied by commentary from Lebanese individuals. The publication also includes an introduction that contextualizes the work within decolonial theory, providing a critical framework for understanding its themes and implications.
Short tale, 8', 3 Channel Audio Installation, 2016
A 3-channel audio installation based on an play written by Daphne Fietz. The play is narrated from the perspective of a pigeon, exploring themes of migration, loss, modernity, and identity. The voices create a dynamic canon, developing their own rhythm through repetition, cacophony, and moments of stillness.
Narrated by Donia Touglu.