SB15 tour: Old Al Dhaid Clinic
Photos and information of artworks at the Old Al Dhaid Clinic. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.
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Magic carpet land. 2020
Single-channel HD video, wallpaper
11:11 minutes
What things may come. 2019
Single-channel HD video, 13 minutes
Marianne Fahmy’s films explore the relationship between natural phenomena and human habitation and its role in structuring reality and the invention of the future. Her short films Magic carpet land (2020) and What things may come (2019) present paradoxical dynamics and environments such as the sea and the desert, entities existing largely outside of human influence while still having deep entanglements with expansion and nationalism. Drawing from found archives, historical mythologies and interviews with families of oceanographers, Fahmy explores the changing topography of Egypt and showcases new, speculative oceanographic futures.
(Text at the exhibition. © Sharjah Art Foundation)
© Stills: Marianne Fahmy
Repros: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Photos and information of artworks at the Old Al Dhaid Clinic. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.