Ekki lengur / No Longer / لَمْ تَعُد
Sat
6. Sep — 7. Sep
10am—5pm
Ekki lengur / No Longer / لَمْ تَعُد
Video, 2023
The video No Longer is part of an immersive installation created for Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art in East Iceland in 2023. The work explores the experiences of forcibly displaced people and the concept of alienation.
El Ansari has in her practice engaged with themes of exile and concepts of home and homeland. She left her home in Cairo in the aftermath of the Arab Spring revolts that took place in the Middle East and North Africa and later moved to Iceland, where she has worked both as a translator and as an artist.
In the video, Sudanese poet and writer Moneim Rahama reads No Longer, a poem he wrote on 2023 about injustice and land dispossession. His voice recording is layered with a sound composition by Adam Świtała. The video brings together a montage of images created by El Ansari, inspired by her own experiences and the stories of people who have gone through forced migration.
The artist wishes to thank Moneim Rahama, Adam Świtała, Piotr Pawlus, and Rania Berro for their collaboration. The work was made possible with a grant from Myndstef.
Photograph
©Juanjo Ivaldi Zaldivar