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He Said, We Must Forget

by Sarah Brahim
2023, 9’22’’
Presented at the 17th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2024
Film part of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images 13th edizione, 2024
Originally conceived as a two-channel installation, He Said, We Must Forget uses images collected over the course of an entire year, two films run in parallel; they intersect and oppose each other, one undoing what the other brings forward with a technique based on hand-painting. Through fragments of images, Brahim tries to understand involuntarily whether it is possible to forget certain things in order to move ahead and how memories, and access to them, become blocked. An invitation to contemplate about the limits of human memory, its longevity, and the delicate boundary between reality and imagination.
Sarah Brahim (Saudi Arabia, 1992) Lives and works in Milan.
Among recent exhibitions and screenings: 16th Lyon Biennial, Lyon; Diriyah Biennial, Riyadh; Noor Festival for contemporary light art, Jeddah; Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah; Bally Foundation, Lugano; Philipp Zollinger Gallery, Zurich.