Without image. Without sound.
Without description.
“…the idea is to reduce to the minimum the elements that form the cinematograph device. To work with less elements but having a deep control over it. The limitation of using only 2 meters of processed film stock that becomes totally black is highly stimulating. I’m forced myself to control each frame with all –only- the elements of the projection ,light, shutterand focus…”
Interview with myself
“…then the passionate emulsion turns hot and the excitement is at fever pitch”
Conversation with the projector
Screenings:
- Oberhausen Film Festival / Labs Section, May 2018
- Crater-Lab , Barcelona, 2018
- Unzalab, Milano, 2018
- Le 102, MTK Lab, Grenoble, 2019
- Xcentric, CCCB, Barcelona, Jan 2019
- Rotterdam Film Festival, Feb 2019
- 19th Independent Films Show, Napoli, 2019
- Le 102, Le Niut Zero, Grenoble, 2019
- Prisme #2, Nantes, 2019
- Square 73, Cdmx, Mexico, 2021
- Phonos, UPF, Barcelona, 2021
- Braquage, Paris, 2021
- Visions + La Lumiere Collective + Double Negative + OKLA Festival , Montreal , Canadá
- Microscope Gallery New York, March 2022
- Visiting Film/Video Artists Series Binghamton , March 2022
- AGX Film-Lab, Boston, Usa, 2022
- Cornell Cinema Ithaca, Usa, 2022
- Visual Studies Workshop Rochester, Usa, 2022
- Obskura, Festival de Cinema Argenique contemporain, Rennes, Fr, 2022
Writings about the piece:
Vie et i mort dune image par Ouennassa Khiari
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/rotterdam-2019-cinema-without-a-camera Daniel Kasman on Mubi
Ela Bittencourt on Frieze Magazine
Dan Sullivan on Filmmcoment