NADIM CHOUFI
SELECTED PROJECTS:
And I woke up one morning screaming in the face of the dragon at Jan van Eyck Academy, June 2024
List of works:
Wall sculptures
Skinned Chair of the UN Security Council Chamber, 2024
Skinned Chair of the UN Trusteeship Council Chamber, 2024
Skinned Chair of the UNESCO Conference Hall, 2024
Ground sculptures
Tail Bite (Sand Curtain Series), 2024
Emerging from the Sky (Sand Curtain Series), 2024
Dance (Sand Curtain Series), 2024
And I woke up one morning screaming in the face of the dragon is a series of works consisting of wall hangings, sculptures, and a cento poem. The cento is composed entirely of lines from Arab poets who alter themselves, their lovers, or their people into animals or natural elements as articulations of love and resistance. The poem informs the sculptures and together the installation searches for agency in a world where the language of diplomacy and civility has served to cushion and support hostile, oppressive hierarchies.