Karim Rafi
In the works of the Morrocan artist, noise takes on a meaning that is both artistic and political.
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Blending the visual and the sonorous, the composition is made from an "assemblage" of materials used to produce sounds. The artist deconstructs these materials, altering their function and offering a new possibilities for viewing/listening. Karim Rafi produced his artwork as a manifesto that addresses the position of the artist in society, including the society of the spectacle. The work’s central element is the sound produced by the rubbing of a diamond placed on his turntable at a spot just beyond the record’s last groove. Placing the diamond thus, the artist proposes looking and listening to what is after the end conventional and logical sound. It is a project that suggests a third time. This time would be narrated further than the history and the physical existence of sound in the space.
© Photo: Courtesy of L’appartement 22, Rabat
In the works of the Morrocan artist, noise takes on a meaning that is both artistic and political.