Meriem Bennani @ Stanley Picker Gallery

A presentation of Meriem Bennani’s immersive video installation Siham & Hafida, which was shot by the artist on handheld camera.  Siham & Hafida juxtaposes the raw essence of docu-style TV with surreal digital animations to narrate the intergenerational complexities of evolving cultural forms, embodied by two popular Moroccan chikha singers of different ages. Its presentation in the Gallery takes the form of a multi-channel projection that overlaps walls with large-scale scale props as a series of interconnected screens, creating a dynamic and playful expanded-cinema effect throughout the whole space.