THIS PART IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
openness is brought by the fluid state of construction
during this state, living objects and their images interchange molecules, grains, pixels & cells. they drop & gain qualities. they call old friends. they make new partnerships. they may alter their purpose & mode of existence. they may extend or focus their scope of impact.
This segment is about the home and studio of artist rana elnemr and architect Samir El Kordy.
It features parts of their working process, their gatherings, their plants, their library, and various objects in their space, all set within the broader context of everyday life, Cairo’s cultural scene, star constellations, political realities, fluid encounters, awkward situations, and more.
riparian. mirror: stars home. corvus. Photography. 70x50cm.
Corvus Constellation shines on the southern side of my studio in winter evenings.
riparian. still from the house of breeding citrus. Video. 4.44min. 2022.
The still shows a digital composite of water flowing next to a hydra constellation, super-imposed on a hand-made silkscreen print of entangled roots & branches on dry soil.
Working with snakeplant roots and old wool cats.
Esraa El Feky (artist) assisting me - and here, photographing me - while working on riparian & on noctua rising from September 2021 - February 2022.
riparian has been made with the assistance, collaboration, help & support of ahmed elnemr , nesma ahmed nesim, tahani youssef, esraa el feky, samir el kordy, maha maamoun, alaa abo elgoud, lina attalah, andrea thal, ahmad aiyad, sarah ibrahim, and other visiting spirits.