Autobiographical Patterns

Movie"Autobiographical Patterns refers to the practice common to many Islamic countries of hennadrawn hand designs"
Autobiographical Patterns
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The video shows the artist almost obsessively writing an autobiographical text in French onto her own hand until the repeated overlays of words come to resemble a mysterious intricate Arabesque pattern The process of writing functions as a mark of identity a determination to write her own subjective experience into representational narratives to inscribe her own fiction of identity Overview courtesy of Lux Online
DirectorZineb Sedira

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Original Language:English