Sumud // Video Installation
Sumud // Video Installation
BACKGROUND

Made during the genocide on the Palestinian people, during the rise of AI art and its use for representation in popular media.

YEAR

2024

COLLABORATORS

Medium

AI, Generative art - TouchDesigner

Video

Visually, the piece is a contemplation on a dystopian present where erasure of people and history is publicly televised, while representation and narrative is manipulated and distorted through technology. In an inability to show photographs or videos of memories the artist holds of her childhood in Gaza - Palestine, using the same dystopian technology became most appropriate.

Sonically, the piece is structured in three movements, Peace, Pain, and Rebirth, symbolising the resilience of Palestinians enduring occupation and genocide.

Sumud صمود, single-channel video, 2024

Live performance

Nicolas took this piece forward to a 45 minute deep listening performance. I contributed through voice samples.