Amer Albarzawi
Amphibious - Film - 15min - 2023
présenté dans le cadre de l'exposition Panorama 25
Film
*Amphibious *is a film about Khaled's integration into a new city whose culture and language are foreign to him.
As the story progresses, Khaled tries to connect with his environment by adopting a fish, which is like a symbol of his search for identity and belonging.
*Amphibious *is a metaphor for this journey, and underlines the idea that life is a continuous process of adaptation and transformation, during which the boundaries between different states of existence are often blurred and uncertain. It is a testament to the resilience of human thought in the face of isolation and alienation.
Amer Albarzawi
Amer Al-Barzawi, born in 1987 in Damascus, Syria, explores identity and exile through multimedia art. Starting as a gymnast, he expanded to dance and film, winning awards like the Jury Prize at the Toronto Urban Film Festival. Now at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains in France, he develops installations examining the interplay between digital and natural memories in the context of migration.
