Re-rooting/Re-routing (2024)
Single-channel digital video installation (4:3), colour; stereo sound, 10m
As the artist relentlessly shifts viewpoints to reconnect with her hometown, she investigates the urban space and the propagated narratives of modernity. By weaving historical references with material recorded over the years, “Re-rooting/Re-routing” (2024) investigates the precarity of rapid urban development and questions what’s beyond the smooth passage through chaos.
Single-channel digital video installation (4:3), colour; stereo sound, 10m
As the artist relentlessly shifts viewpoints to reconnect with her hometown, she investigates the urban space and the propagated narratives of modernity. By weaving historical references with material recorded over the years, “Re-rooting/Re-routing” (2024) investigates the precarity of rapid urban development and questions what’s beyond the smooth passage through chaos.
Sarah ElMasry is a visual artist with a background in architecture, whose creative journey has evolved into a diverse practice. From photography to filmmaking, she explores the intersection of tangible reality and the intricate layers of human identity. Through her work, Sarah is motivated by the dynamic interplay between multimedia elements and physical spaces, inviting viewers to contemplate the profound connections between art, environment, and the human condition.
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We Were Once Here (2024) Sarah ElMasry
We Were Once Here (2024)
Photographic prints on clear film, digital video on monitor, b&w, sound on headphones. 5m 30s looped.
A tree, a female, and a home.
A tree is a memory-keeper. It is afflicted with everlasting memory; one that is carved into its skin and does not last for years or decades, but centuries. Motivated by resentment and loss, the work ponders how, on the contrary, human memory is altered in an authoritarian world.
Is what you remember an accurate representation of reality, or is it an idealised past? “We Were Once Here” invites you into a personal audio-visual experience, where longing becomes a form of resistance.
Photographic prints on clear film, digital video on monitor, b&w, sound on headphones. 5m 30s looped.
A tree, a female, and a home.
A tree is a memory-keeper. It is afflicted with everlasting memory; one that is carved into its skin and does not last for years or decades, but centuries. Motivated by resentment and loss, the work ponders how, on the contrary, human memory is altered in an authoritarian world.
Is what you remember an accurate representation of reality, or is it an idealised past? “We Were Once Here” invites you into a personal audio-visual experience, where longing becomes a form of resistance.
Related exhibitions & events:
Group Exhibition: wolf MAD MAD, A.P.T Gallery 21-24 March 2024
Exhibition Talk, Sun 24-March at 2pm with the artists: Alina Gorlova, Sarah ElMasry and Joshua Roberts.
Postgraduate Degree Shows: Goldsmiths, University of London, 11-16 July 2024
Group Exhibition: wolf MAD MAD, A.P.T Gallery 21-24 March 2024
Exhibition Talk, Sun 24-March at 2pm with the artists: Alina Gorlova, Sarah ElMasry and Joshua Roberts.
Postgraduate Degree Shows: Goldsmiths, University of London, 11-16 July 2024