{"id":22087,"date":"2026-11-05T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/jaou-tunis-video-art-takes-center-stage\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:37:56","slug":"jaou-tunis-video-art-takes-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/en\/jaou-tunis-video-art-takes-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaou Tunis: Video Art Takes Center Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22087\" class=\"elementor elementor-22087 elementor-22074\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb9307 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cbb9307\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37c8d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c37c8d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>For the first time in its history, the Geneva Moving Image Biennial is being held outside Switzerland, in Tunis. Hosted by Jaou, the event brings together sixteen new commissions by artists from Africa, the Arab world, Asia, and Latin America in a former Ottoman barracks. It is not only an ambitious international collaboration but also an exhibition that reimagines the ways of presenting video art by making architecture an integral part of the works.<\/b><\/p><p>By Olivier Rachet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31318e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31318e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Leena-Habiballa-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-21.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22080\" alt=\"Leena Habiballa, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Leena-Habiballa-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-21.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Leena-Habiballa-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Leena-Habiballa-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Leena-Habiballa-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-21-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Leena Habiballa, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ad46c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e6ad46c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-708680a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"708680a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The location is anything but ordinary. Situated in the heart of the medina of Tunis, just a few steps from the Zitouna Mosque, the El Attarine Barracks is a fully renovated remnant of the Ottoman period. The origins of this military structure are closely linked \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the history of the Ottoman Janissary corps, the system of dervishism\u2014which involved the enslavement of children for military purposes\u2014and the Bektashi Sufi order <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d states the catalog for the exhibition \u201cBecoming the Ocean,\u201d curated by Lina Lazaar, director of Jaou, and Andrea Bellini, director of the Geneva Biennale of Moving Images.  <\/span> <\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This historic venue is hosting 16 artists, most of whom, as Andrea Bellini points out, \u201c <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do not come from the historically privileged regions from which Western contemporary art has built and imposed its discourse. Many come from regions long considered peripheral\u2014Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America\u2014or from their diasporas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i> <\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a compelling way, several video artists choose to reimagine the space allotted to them by altering its original function. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, Namibian artist Hildegard Titus transforms the space into a classroom to explore, in her video <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mbwiti<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014whose title refers to the Aawambo people native to north-central Namibia\u2014the issue of the loss of the mother tongue in a colonial context. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe scenography of my work revolves around the classroom, because it was in this setting that religious and cultural indoctrination began. Anything that wasn\u2019t Christian <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, by extension, white <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was demonized and ostracized,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the artist explains, adding that she chose pink and red, <\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;because <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these colors pay homage to the tradition of coating the body with red pigments during various ceremonies or for aesthetic purposes.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On a more down-to-earth note, Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth\u2019s choice to associate the venues with a movie theater named Tropical is perhaps too literal.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1992f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1992f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4823194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4823194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Hildegard-Titus-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-31.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22079\" alt=\"Hildegard Titus, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Hildegard-Titus-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-31.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Hildegard-Titus-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Hildegard-Titus-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-31-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Hildegard-Titus-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-31-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Hildegard Titus, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6487ddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6487ddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee64fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee64fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Architecture in the Service of Art<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, simple objects\u2014a piece of fabric, a pile of cinder blocks, a fan\u2014are enough to transform the screening space into a contemporary art installation. Among the most striking set designs is that of Sudanese artist Leena Habiballa, whose video <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Unstrung* <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evokes, through a masterful manipulation of archival footage, the conflicting forces at work in the war in Sudan. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn either side of the screen stands a dismantled barricade, made of cinder blocks, rubble, sand, corrugated metal, and tires,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the artist comments. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat I hope to highlight here is the simultaneity of revolution and counterrevolution\u2014the fact that these are intertwined power struggles rather than distinct, successive events.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With its various spaces arranged around an inner courtyard reminiscent of those found in fondouks, the El Attarine Barracks stands out for its minimalist architecture, its numerous colonnades, and vaulted ceilings\u2014elements that certain artists, driven primarily by a desire for authenticity, skillfully draw upon. Take, for example, the Palestinian filmmaker Sarah Zeryab, whose video <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Notes on Camps*<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014which blends archival footage with documentary footage shot in the Yarmouk refugee camp (Syria)\u2014evokes the figures of Palestinian martyrs. Tunisian artist Youn\u00e8s Ben Slimane chose for his video <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grounds for Mourning<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> , a more direct approach. His long tracking shots, reminiscent of Resnais\u2019s cinema, evoke the ruins of the former French penal colony of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in French Guiana, with a focus on memory that takes on its full meaning here. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI chose a set design that builds on what the barracks\u2019 architecture already offers,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he explains, <\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its frames, its passages, and its surfaces on which to project the images. In the first room, the film is projected directly onto the wall, without the use of a projection screen. The columns and the vaulted ceiling form a frame around the projection, whose light alone illuminates the space.\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who would claim that video art does not rival the sometimes laborious installations of contemporary art? <\/span> <\/p><p><b>Jaou Tunis, through November 22, 2026.<\/b><\/p><p><b>\u201cBecoming the Ocean\u201d exhibition, in collaboration with the Geneva Moving Image Biennial, Caserne El Attarine<\/b><\/p><p><b>\u201cUndertow\u201d exhibition, curated by Amanda Abi Khalil and Danielle Makhoul, featuring Badr El Hammami, Imane Djamil, Bouchra Khalili, Randa Maroufi, Sara Sadik, and Valentin Nouja\u00efm, B7L9<\/b><\/p><p><b>Exhibition \u201cImages of Syria: Palmyra, Aleppo, Damascus\u201d by Michel Eisenlohr, French Institute of Tunis<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f07ac26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f07ac26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f258e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19f258e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paulo-Nazareth-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-34.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22081\" alt=\"Paulo Nazareth, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paulo-Nazareth-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-34.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paulo-Nazareth-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-34-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paulo-Nazareth-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-34-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Paulo-Nazareth-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-34-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Paulo Nazareth, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d49be56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d49be56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9f4492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c9f4492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Sarah-Zeryab-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-12.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-22082\" alt=\"Sarah Zeryab, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Sarah-Zeryab-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-12.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Sarah-Zeryab-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Sarah-Zeryab-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diptykmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Sarah-Zeryab-Quechlet-El-Attarine-Jaou-2026-\u00a9-Mehdi-Ben-Temessek-12-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sarah Zeryab, Quechlet El Attarine, JAOU 2026. Photo : \u00a9 Mehdi Ben Temessek.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in its history, the Geneva Moving Image Biennial is being held outside Switzerland, in Tunis. Hosted by Jaou, the event brings together sixteen new commissions by artists from Africa, the Arab world, Asia, and Latin America in a former Ottoman barracks. 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