ZONI [2-video ceiling|wall projection, 2007]
A juxtapostion of 2 videos, Maryan & Rahma and Port of Call, created as part of the Bezruc Opava Festival with the theme: Europe. In the video Maryan and Rahma, documentary rawness and frankness meet in the simple stories of a Somali mother and daughter seeking asylum in Malta. More than a poignant narrative of the plight of these émigrés, who risked their lives in the dodgy crossing between African borders and mainland Europe, this work targets the frictional gaps between human aspiration, flight, difference and intrusion. The second video, Port of Call, conceptualises a journey line filmed from the sea, tracing a hazy portline till it locks into docking point. A series of accompanying drawings examine the way space is paritioned and regimentalised.
