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.