Autobiographical Patterns (1996)
Autobiographical Patterns refers to the practice, common to many Islamic countries, of henna-drawn hand designs.
Directed by Zineb Sedira
The video shows the artist almost obsessively writing an autobiographical text in French onto her own hand, until the repeated overlays of words come to resemble a mysterious, intricate, Arabesque pattern. The process of writing functions as a mark of identity, a determination to write her own subjective experience into representational narratives, to inscribe her own fiction of identity. [Overview courtesy of Lux Online]
Year
1996
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
1 January 1996
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