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Everything returns from the water whole and silver (2022 ) dir. Asmaa Jama




As a result of School of Sonic Memory residency with Onassis Stegi/Mucem and Theatrum Mundi in Athens, Alexandria and Marseille, looking at myth and water. A looping digital animation and soundscape, exploring the gabarmanyo, a mercreature from the Somali coastline. Recreating a myth around them to explore what their existence says about water/ borders/ movement and porousness.








Exhibitions:

Onassis Stegi, Athens, 2022
Index of Edges; Huda Tayob for the Venice Biennale Architettura 2023, within Dangerous Liaisons - curated by Lesley Naa Norle Lokko, The Laboratory of the Future. 




Everything returns from the water whole and silver excerpt






Credits:

Written by : Asmaa Jama
Animation + creature design : Miriam Hilawi Abraham
Sound design : Sami El Enany
Original music: Wael Habab + Kareem Kabbani






































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