TENERI ARA ASSENSU:
THE SAHARA IS NOT
A HOTEL
TENERI ARA ASSENSU / The Sahara is not a hotel
AV Installation, 2021
Composed of chants and recitations in indigenous Tuareg, TV interview with a survivor of the massacres who demand to know where his father is, instrumental sounds, a poem vocalized by the artist of Amazigh poet Said Sifaw who was assassinated by The Gaddafi regime in the 70’s, and news reports on European soldiers illegally in Libya.
2 meters led pixel screen, video loop, Intervention in Space: 13 pixel badges written in Tifinagh.
Sound duration: 9:00 minutes.



Curatorial assistance Maia Hawad
Magasins généraux, Paris 2021