THE DINNER

Multimedia Installation (video, photography series, archives)

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The Dinner is a fictional Art video where I imagine another faith for Arab Jews, through seven female characters who have decided to re-enter exile and free Judaism from its forced territoriality. 

Having worked for more than a decade on Arab Jews, specifically in Egypt and Morocco, I chose to base this video (characters, costumes, Jewels) and scenography on documented information. By working closely with both collectors and local artisans, I chose to fictionalize from a researched and plural reality. 

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The Art installation is organized around the Art Video of the same name. Two documentary videos compose a video triptych. One is a journey on the historic and forgotten locations of the Jewish cult in Egypt and Morocco; the second is an invitation to meet with the last Jewish women who never left. 

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Having lived in Cairo, Egypt for years and researched in Morocco during close to four years, I have filmed hours of intimate moments and discussions with women who are the trace of a time where Jews and Arabs lived in peace, welcomed in countries that became a refuge from persecutions.