FRANCE • PORTUGAL • SYRIA • BRAZIL • EGYPT • ITALY • ENGLAND • CHINA
SYRIA
2013-2015
A storytelling; i only wish i could be there
ARTIST:
HUDA TAKRITI
“A Storytelling; I only wish I could be there…” is an attempt to explore my memory in the period between 2013 and 2015, the year in which I had returned to Syria.
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The project is a video installation project which attempts to show how one reflects and struggles with traumatic events and how they ultimately have a lasting effect on our memory. The videos explore the role that memory and narrative can have within discourses of conflict.
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The Monologues used in each video are recordings of telephone conversations with friends and family members. Background of the videos make absence from what country it is, emphasizing the value of the conversations, depicting not only the geographical displacement but more importantly the emotional one.
HUDA TAKRITI
Born in Damascus, Syria in 1990. Graduated from the Drawing and Painting Department at the Faculty of fine Arts in Damascus, Syria. Works with many types of media including painting, printmaking, installation, video and film.
Participated in exhibitions, festivals, residencies and workshop in Syria, Lebanon, Spain, Italy, Canada, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Croatia and Austria. Currently, a Master student at Die Angewandte - Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien and at the Art and Digital Media Department at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Her recent works discuss the relationship between humans, memories and cities, exploring individual as well as collective expressions of identity, belonging, memories, dreams and desires.
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