Mikela Koressi
Photography | Filmmaking
SOUFOU MAD YIWI YIWI - Cinematography
(on show at the Stedelijk museum 20-24 March 2024)
An Amazigh bride finds herself in an alternative techno universe. As a cyborg, she inhabits a space void of the white gaze. Gradually, she returns to practices and objects that have a specific meaning in the artist’s family background. Traditional practices that have been slowly disappearing during her lifetime.
SOUFOU MAD YIWI YIWI is an exploration and fantasy of Amazigh traditions in relation to a hyper-technical world. The imaginary visual language of these technologies is not neutral, but strongly determined within a Western framework. Amazigh politics are too often erased or misrecognised in the European imagination. This video work is a form of reclamation.
Director FATIMA AGOULA
DOP MIKELA KORESSI
Light TUYL VAN GRIEKEN
SFX YAEL SCHUSTER
Make up VASILISA IKRYANNIKOVA
Edit KATARINA HOLZMANN EKHOLM
Colour grading IZZY LEE
Sound MIRAY VAN DER BEND
Actress KARIMA EL FILLAI
Special thanks to XIOMARA VAN EENDENBURG, CHRISTOPER TYM, ANJA MASLING, KAROLINA WILTING, TOMAS ADOLFS, TARJA SZARANIEC, MARTIN GROOTENBOER AND TUNGSTEN STUDIO.