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Jebel al-Qāf — is it reachable?
Ghyzlène Boukaïla’s Djebel al-Qāf — is it reachable? is a lecture-performance unfolding within an in situ installation, part waiting room, part forgotten checkpoint. Fragments gather around a mythical submerged mountain, echoing the threshold of the world in Islamic cosmology. Rooted in her film project Inner Sea Desire, the work drifts between stories, borders, and inner crossings. Installation on view 31 Oct–2 Nov, Performance on 2 Nov.
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Jebel al-Qāf — is it reachable?
Ghyzlène Boukaïla’s Djebel al-Qāf — is it reachable? is a lecture-performance unfolding within an in situ installation, part waiting room, part forgotten checkpoint. Fragments gather around a mythical submerged mountain, echoing the threshold of the world in Islamic cosmology. Rooted in her film project Inner Sea Desire, the work drifts between stories, borders, and inner crossings. Installation on view 31 Oct–2 Nov, Performance on 2 Nov.
“A voice rises from the heights of a shore; It has arrived. This performed lecture is a drift between water and errancy, an echo of submerged borders and reconfigured maps. Between stories, speculations, and geological murmurs, another kind of crossing is weaved, one that is within us, where control seeps into our pores.”
Djebel al-Qāf, Is it reachable? is a lecture-performance by Ghyzlène Boukaïla, taking place in an in situ installation, somewhere between a waiting room and a forgotten border checkpoint. In this suspended zone, fragments accumulate around the plausible existence of a submerged mountain. Rooted in the early strata of the film project Inner Sea Desire, the performance follows the obsession of a smuggler with an invisible underwater mountain that echoes Djebel al-Qāf, the mythical threshold of the world in Islamic cosmology: unreachable, revelatory, and initiatory.
In addition to the lecture-performance, Ghyzlène Boukaïla’s installation is visible between 31 October and 2 November in the framework of the Open Studios of Art Explora Festival’s residency programme.
Ghyzlène Boukaïla
Ghyzlène Boukaïla (1993, Algiers) is a multimedia artist and filmmaker. She lives and works between Algiers and Lille. Her artistic approach and sensitivity were shaped within a family of Algerian revolutionaries. Exploring issues related to postcolonialism, her work engages with new narratives connected to socio-political and digital (r)evolutions, positioning her practice at the intersection of documentary/performance and digital storytelling, while more recently delving into questions concerning posthumanism.
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MeMeraki Artist Residency - 91A Ellados Street, Limassol, Cyprus 3041
Accessibility
The venue is not wheelchair accessible.
Dates and times
Sunday, November 2, 19:00 - 19:35. In addition to the lecture-performance, Ghyzlène Boukaïla's installation can be seen from October 31 to November 2, as part of the Art Explora Festival's Open Studios residency programme .
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Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
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