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Inscription for tomorrow (2014-2018). Moving image installation, One channel screendance projection, sound, A monitor, a wooden sculpture, fabric, a mirror, and a prism Duration: 4:30 minutes, loop.

As an archaic practice, the Moroccan Jewish henna ceremony is a rite of passage marking celebratory journeys. The video projection is constructed from personal recordings of family Henna ceremonies. The reconstruction of the performance archival recordings into an abstracted screendance sculpture seeks to move beyond the aesthetics of excess and cultural adaptation.

 

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