Silent Sight

2000

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2/3© mumok

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Object description	1-channel video, color, sound, 11 min 07 sec
Object category	Medien-Video
Year of acquisition	2005
Inventory number	AV 161/0
Creditline	mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Rights reference	Bildrecht, Wien
Further information about the person	Sedira, Zineb [GND]
Literature	Why picture now/Fotografie, Film, Video, heute Mens verhaal van een wonde

The video reflects relations between a second-generation migrant and her mother, and a notion of home that has become doubtful. “Silent Sight” shows only the eyes of a (veiled) woman, while a woman’s voice reflects from the perspective of the daughter on closeness, security, fear of loss, and direct experience of cultural difference. In this piece, Zineb Sedira, who in other works has dealt directly with the Franco-Algerian war and its consequences, focuses attention on aesthetic and emotional aspects of the same story.