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

La nrescida de Nadim Choufi se cunzentrea dantaldut sun la relazion danter persones, scienza y tecnologia y sun si cunseguënzes sun nosc corps y sentimënc. Si films y si nstalazions che conta suvënz danter spazium y tëmp de n daunì che possa unì a se l dé y l pënsa do sun coche la emozions y l dejidere possa abiné na lerch te n mond for plu efizient y frëit y a ce maniera che i vën mudifichei. L video The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences (2021), per ejëmpl, ti va do ala vita tla smart cities, te si cërtli stluc y ala mpermetuda de ne unì nia tuchei dala crises saniteres y dl tlima. I doi prutagonisć conta coche cuntrol, ijulamënt y sfrutamënt ie la fundamënta de chësta ziteies dl daunì.

Dat su da fé tl 2020 da Darat Al Funun y śën n mostra a Pontives ie A Future Perfect [sic] Life nasciù coche na lecture performance che ie unida trasfurmeda te n video per gauja dla pandemia. Tl’opra mët l artist nsëuralauter chedri dassënn defrënc, da ilustrazions scientifiches a retlam, da screenshot ora de chats sun Youtube a documenteres sun la natura y videojuesc 3d per se fé dumandes sun l daunì dl’umanità y dl ambient, te n sistem capitalistich purtà inant da nteresc economics. (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.

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

La nrescida de Nadim Choufi se cunzentrea dantaldut sun la relazion danter persones, scienza y tecnologia y sun si cunseguënzes sun nosc corps y sentimënc. Si films y si nstalazions che conta suvënz danter spazium y tëmp de n daunì che possa unì a se l dé y l pënsa do sun coche la emozions y l dejidere possa abiné na lerch te n mond for plu efizient y frëit y a ce maniera che i vën mudifichei. L video The Sky Oscillates Between Eternity and Its Immediate Consequences (2021), per ejëmpl, ti va do ala vita tla smart cities, te si cërtli stluc y ala mpermetuda de ne unì nia tuchei dala crises saniteres y dl tlima. I doi prutagonisć conta coche cuntrol, ijulamënt y sfrutamënt ie la fundamënta de chësta ziteies dl daunì.

Dat su da fé tl 2020 da Darat Al Funun y śën n mostra a Pontives ie A Future Perfect [sic] Life nasciù coche na lecture performance che ie unida trasfurmeda te n video per gauja dla pandemia. Tl’opra mët l artist nsëuralauter chedri dassënn defrënc, da ilustrazions scientifiches a retlam, da screenshot ora de chats sun Youtube a documenteres sun la natura y videojuesc 3d per se fé dumandes sun l daunì dl’umanità y dl ambient, te n sistem capitalistich purtà inant da nteresc economics. (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.