Bait Obaid Al Shamsi
Part 7 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.
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Leitmotiv. 2011
Colour video (4 min 16 sec, looped)
For Cinthia Marcelle, art is a way of creating narratives. She finds inspiration in chaos – the turmoil of possibilities in everyday life, the movement of bodies, the appeal of ordinary materials – which she then attempts to reorganise formally, searching for meaning in vital excess. In Leitmotiv, an empty area is covered in an instant by currents of water that come from every side, suggesting the beginning of a flood. Slowly, the volume and rhythm of the tidal waves become more aggressive, in a movement that seems to sweep everything towards the centre of the frame.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Part 7 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.