Resonances by Ismaïl Bahri
Tunisia
7 min | 2008
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2008, Tunisia, 7min
Ismaïl Bahri participated in various exhibitions and international festivals such as the Bamako Encounters/African Photography Biennial (Mali), Fotografia Europea (Italy), Vidéoformes or Cinemed. Ismaïl Bahri’s work has been exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), the Johannesburg Art Gallery (South Africa), the Cape Town National Gallery (South Africa), the Centrale électrique (Brussels), the British Film Institute (London), and the Fondazione Merz (Turin).
2008, Tunisia, 7min
The Film
Resonances starts with the prospecting of the bathroom from the filmmaker's childhood. Black inked words written in Arabic on the bathtub surface scatter and propagate progressively. They resonate and echo night scene recollections. Transformed in a resonance chamber, the bathtub contains the fluids of these evanescent thoughts. By reflecting its surroundings, the ink-blurred water surface overturns and clouds the words. The backward surge of the night reveals the scars of a troubled universe, verging on obliteration.The Filmmaker
Born in Tunis in 1978 of a Tunisian father and a Swiss mother, Ismaïl Bahri divides his life and work between Paris and Tunis. After studying at the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts, he left Tunisia for France where he earned a PhD in Arts at the Sorbonne. Ismaïl Bahri's works take various forms, from drawing to video, from photography to installations. Each of his works explores different processes and materials but have in common their minimalism and strong graphic content. His research deals with epiphenomena where minute mutations are happening. Also, we can detect notions such as transience, the imperceptible, and the vulnerable.Ismaïl Bahri participated in various exhibitions and international festivals such as the Bamako Encounters/African Photography Biennial (Mali), Fotografia Europea (Italy), Vidéoformes or Cinemed. Ismaïl Bahri’s work has been exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), the Johannesburg Art Gallery (South Africa), the Cape Town National Gallery (South Africa), the Centrale électrique (Brussels), the British Film Institute (London), and the Fondazione Merz (Turin).
