In the video Silphium Extant, silphium, an ancient plant once native to the lands of Libya and historically regarded as the earliest recorded human-caused extinction, returns in fugitivity, resisting the measurable time of empires. It continues to inhabit the ruins of worlds deemed ungrievable. Through investigating the notion of “prophecy as policy”, the silphium plant, situated between myth and memory, becomes entangled with the hidden histories of early 20th century Fascism.

Touch designer aimations created by collaborator and Cairo based artist Dina Jereidini
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