Soufou mad yiwi yiwi
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024
An Amazigh bride finds herself in an alternative techno universe. As a cyborg, she inhabits a space void of the white gaze. Gradually, she returns to practices and objects that have a specific meaning in the artist’s family background. Traditional practices that have been slowly disappearing during her lifetime.
SOUFOU MAD YIWI YIWI is an exploration and fantasy of Amazigh traditions in relation to a hyper-technical world. The imaginary visual language of these technologies is not neutral, but strongly determined within a Western framework. Amazigh politics are too often erased or misrecognized in the European imagination. This video work is a form of reclamation.
Credits:
Written and directed by
Director of Photography
Light
SFX
Make up
Edit
Colour grading
Sound
Actor
Fatima Agoula
Mikela Koressi
Tuyl van Grieken
Yael Schuster
Vasilisa Ikryannikova
Katarina Holzmann Ekholm
Izzy Lee
Miray van der Bend
Karima El Fillai
Special thanks to:
Xiomara van Eendenburg,
Christopher Tym,
Anja Masling,
Karolina Wilting,
Tomas Adolfs,
Tarja Szaraniec,
Martin Grootenboer,
and Tungsten studio.