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Morehshin Allahyari, MAJLIS AL-JINN: Huma + The Archive (2022)

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Exhibited in: WETWARE
full screen
Medium

Video

Video (color, sound) 1080 × 1920 pixels 2 minutes
Secondary Market
Blockchain
Minted
15 June 2022
She Who Sees The Unknown (2021–2022) is a research-based project, which uses 3D modeling, 3D scanning, 3D printing, and storytelling to re-create monstrous female/queer figures of Middle Eastern origin, using the traditions and myths associated with them to explore the catastrophes of colonialism, patriarchism, and environmental degradation in relation to the Middle East. “MAJLIS AL-JINN: Huma,” a chapter of She Who Sees The Unknown, includes a 3D rendering video of Huma, a jinn known in various Middle Eastern tales as a demon who brings heat to the human body and earth. She is pictured as a demon with three heads and one or two tails depending on her illustration in different manuscripts. In addition to this video, the work presented on Feral File includes a selection of Islamic manuscripts and archival materials.
MAJLIS AL-JINN: Huma + The Archive AP

Edition of 80