Yousef Iskandar

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In times of doubt or fear many go back to believing in spiritual or super powers to feel safe. Yousef Iskandar thinks of the people who were taught that the divine powers are against their existence and their fantasies are evil. How is it possible to break this spell? What are the rituals needed to heal? This video installation is a mix of images and sounds that belong to the same culture but are restricted from mixing or coexisting in one space.

artistic concept, director: Yousef Iskandar | performance: Dagat Mera, Yousef Iskandar | costumes: Omar Turkman | D.O.P / editing: Juha Hansen | music: Hani Mojtahedi Mirage, Beats Antique - Oriental Uno (feat. Fanfara Kalashnikov), Iranian Daff, Tair el Hamami | light: Till Dittmar

Yousef Iskandar

Yousef Iskandar is a Lebanese visual artist working with video, photography and performance. He studied interior design and experimental film and worked as an art director. In his artistic work, he experiments with personal themes such as gender, sexuality, and religion, challenging established role models and breaking stereotypes. During the 21/22 season, he is an INTRO fellow at K3 and Migrantpolitan. Within this framework, he is looking for approaches to queering and decolonizing the dance studio.

^{(Status: 2022)}