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Nadim Choufi - A Future Perfect [sic] Life, 2020 - Spazio Ferdianand Stuflesser, Pontives

Nadim Choufi, A Future Perfect [sic] Life, 2020, Still from Video. Courtesy of the artist

Nadim Choufi’s research focuses primarily on the relationship between human beings, science and technology, and their effect on our bodies and feelings. His films and installations, often articulated in space and time, recount possible futures and reflect on how emotions and desire can find a place in an ever more coldly efficient world and how they are changed by it. For example, the video The Sky Oscillates between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences (2021) explores life in ‘smart cities’, their closed loops and the promise of being untouched by health issues and climate crises. The two protagonists recount how control, isolation and exploitation form the foundations of these futuristic cities.

Commissioned in 2020 by Darat Al Funun, A Future Perfect [sic] Life – on view at Pontives – began as a lecture performance and was then transformed into a video in the wake of the pandemic. In the video, the artist superimposes diverse images, from scientific illustrations to ads from YouTube chat screenshots to nature documentaries and 3D videogames, so as to question the future of humanity and the environment in a capitalist and economy-driven system. (M.P.)

NADIM CHOUFI

Nadim Choufi (1994, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) is a visual artist from Lebanon who primarily works with video, 3D animation, and sculpture. He primarily focuses on the material histories and futures of innovation and desire, their social and political driving forces, and the visual and literary practices that surround them. His work has been screened and exhibited in various institutions with recent solo and group shows at WIELS, Brussels; Ashkal Alwan, Beirut; Filmfest Dresden; Aksioma, Ljubljana; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary; Beirut Art Center; Sharjah Art Foundation; MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture & Technology, Lisbon; and Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. He is a 2024 resident at the Jan van Eyck Academy and the curator of the film programme of the 2024 festival edition of transmediale.

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Nadim Choufi - A Future Perfect [sic] Life, 2020 - Spazio Ferdianand Stuflesser, Pontives

Nadim Choufi, A Future Perfect [sic] Life, 2020, Still from Video. Courtesy of the artist

Nadim Choufi’s research focuses primarily on the relationship between human beings, science and technology, and their effect on our bodies and feelings. His films and installations, often articulated in space and time, recount possible futures and reflect on how emotions and desire can find a place in an ever more coldly efficient world and how they are changed by it. For example, the video The Sky Oscillates between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences (2021) explores life in ‘smart cities’, their closed loops and the promise of being untouched by health issues and climate crises. The two protagonists recount how control, isolation and exploitation form the foundations of these futuristic cities.

Commissioned in 2020 by Darat Al Funun, A Future Perfect [sic] Life – on view at Pontives – began as a lecture performance and was then transformed into a video in the wake of the pandemic. In the video, the artist superimposes diverse images, from scientific illustrations to ads from YouTube chat screenshots to nature documentaries and 3D videogames, so as to question the future of humanity and the environment in a capitalist and economy-driven system. (M.P.)

NADIM CHOUFI

Nadim Choufi (1994, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) is a visual artist from Lebanon who primarily works with video, 3D animation, and sculpture. He primarily focuses on the material histories and futures of innovation and desire, their social and political driving forces, and the visual and literary practices that surround them. His work has been screened and exhibited in various institutions with recent solo and group shows at WIELS, Brussels; Ashkal Alwan, Beirut; Filmfest Dresden; Aksioma, Ljubljana; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary; Beirut Art Center; Sharjah Art Foundation; MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture & Technology, Lisbon; and Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. He is a 2024 resident at the Jan van Eyck Academy and the curator of the film programme of the 2024 festival edition of transmediale.