This film documents how the seasons rolled through my studio as an exciting idea for a spinning loom became its own form.
11 min video.
2022 - 2024
Click HERE for some stills which will give you a sense of the film.
Thank you to the artistic director Roshanak Zangeneh, editor Nour Emad and sound engineer Moustafa Shaaban Abdelhamed.
By the Autumn of 2024 the loom was ready to be taken to ARD Art Institution. I wove its final woollen millimetres during the opening of the exhibition, Lis - a - ma hel sitch / لسّه متحلش / Yet not finished.
The loom was completed a few days later, when I opened it out to its full length during an evening of conversation between curator Farida Youssef, artist rana elnemr, myself and the audience.
When we met on the the evening before the conversation, Rana suggested to Farida and I that we send her any short sections of text - WhatsApp conversations, notes after studio visits, working thoughts - that we felt might be relevant. She rose early the next morning to combine what we had given her with her own reflections to make an adventurous performative script. We rarely read our own words, instead speaking those of the other two participants.
I am very grateful to Rana, Farida and everyone who shared their thoughts.
A photograph by rana of the early and late days of the loom. The shot on screen shows me using a four metre loop of cloth to decide the circumference of the ‘mouth’ of the loom. I wanted it to be able to stand up, shelter and be laid out in it.
With thanks to the Mostafa Mostafa Abdel Aty (picture 2 ), Mohammed Helmy (3) and Roshanak Zangeneh (4 + 5) for documenting the events.