Crude Eye
by Monira Al Qadiri
Friday, 22 september - 2:00 PM
Saturday, 23 september - 10:00 AM
Sunday, 24 september - 10:00 AM
Monday, 25 september - 10:00 AM
Tuesday, 26 september - 10:00 AM
Wednesday, 27 september - 10:00 AM
Thursday, 28 september - 10:00 AM
Friday, 29 september - 10:00 AM
Saturday, 30 september - 10:00 AM
Sunday, 01 october - 10:00 AM
Monday, 02 october - 10:00 AM
Tuesday, 03 october - 10:00 AM
Wednesday, 04 october - 10:00 AM
Thursday, 05 october - 10:00 AM
Friday, 06 october - 10:00 AM
Saturday, 07 october - 10:00 AM
Sunday, 08 october - 10:00 AM
Caserne El Attarine
Special thanks : Institut National du Patrimoine
Growing up in Kuwait close to an oil refinery by the sea, the artist would create stories for the distant petroleum operation while passing by on a traffic bridge. As she envisioned an expansive panorama of lights, fire, smoke, and towers, Al Qadiri imagined it was a city-metropolis—"filled with beings and phantoms from another world.”
This dream-like film hearkens back to these childhood memories, fusing eerie, slow views of a reconstructed miniature refinery with lines from poems about city lights and industrial landscapes. Crude Eye blurs reality with speculative memory, and we are unable to tell if the scene is a real place or a fantasy. The artist says: “The work attempts to reconcile a sense of childlike wonder with the toxic environmental destruction that the refinery inherently represents.”
Practical information
Caserne El Attarine (map)
Sep. 22 from 2pm to 6pm
23 Sep. > 8 Oct. from 10am to 6pm
Languages: English with English and Arabic subtitles
Duration
10 min - continuous
Price information
Daily Dream pass for 5 DT
