Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations 2023 Presentation — The sea’s wound cannot wither by Mona Benyamin

Synopsis

The process of writing and gaining control over history, over archives is the most important step in creating a colonial hegemony. How do we narrate a history made mute? The way Mona learned orally and visually was through folklore, music, idioms, jokes, fragmented stories, and even pop culture. In this presentation, she presents an experimental, horizontal, audio-visual collage consisting of these elements, which narrates a history of hope, and the power and will of a people fighting for their freedom.

About Mona Benyamin

A visual artist and filmmaker, Mona’s works explore intergenerational outlooks on hope, trauma, and questions of identity, using humour and irony as resistance and reflection. Her recent works have been screened — among others — at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), REDCAT, Sheffield DocFest, and Columbia University.

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