Connecting the Dots No. 1-3 (2024). A series of three video animations. Approx. 1.5mins each

 

Animations created for Some Strings project in response to the poem 'If I Must Die' by Refaat Alareer (b. 23 September 1979, Shejaiya
Died: 6 December 2023 in Shejaiya). It was also shown as part of Attention is the Rarest and Purest form of Generosity at Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge.  

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Connecting the Dots No. 1 was inspired by Hannah Arendt's 'The Freedom to Be Free'. Connecting the Dots No. 2  was inspired by Bell Hook's 'All About Love: New Visions' and Connecting the Dots No. 3 was inspired Lola Olufemi's 'Experiments in Imagining Otherwise'.

Thanks to Freesound: www.freesound.org 

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