View From a Body: e-flux, Brooklyn NY

Ezz Monem

26 Sep 2024

Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, September 26 at 7pm for View from a Body, a program exploring provocations that surround moving-image culture and notions of embodied affect via the works of ten Australian contemporary artists: Cate Consandine, Archie Barry, Hayley Millar Baker, Claire Lambe, Laresa Kosloff, Leyla Stevens, Tina Stefanou, James Barth, Ezz Monem, and Stephen Garrett. Navigating the imaginings of First Nations, diasporic, queer, and female artists, the screening presents affective embodied and disembodied perspectives, creating the space to reflect on how our bodies affect the way we see and understand moving images, and how artists use this through their work. Guest-curated by Cate Consandine, the screening will be followed by a discussion between Consandine and participating artists Tina Stefanou and Claire Lambewill.

The screening is organized in collaboration with Buxton Contemporary as an extension of The View from a Body, a symposium convened on the occasion of the exhibition The Same Crowd Gathers Twice held at Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne, Australia and curated by Annika Aitkin. The View from a Body symposium was supported by Art + Australia and the Dr Harold Schenberg Bequest.

Ezz Monem, And He Said: This Is Power? Prodigal Son (2024, 2 minute)
And He Said: This Is Power? Prodigal Son is a two-channel film inspired by the 1978 Egyptian movie Return of the Prodigal Son. The work deconstructs a significant scene where a man returns home after a twelve-year disappearance, confronting deep disillusionment and familial expectations. Through repetitive, silent performances, the film reimagines a conversation between father and son about the failed revolution and the decision to leave the country. This work is part of a greater project that explores the complex dynamics of authority, control, and emotional expression.

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