Project presentation :
Conceived as a reflection on the overall psychological situation during the confinement, this video reflects the existential questions that went through this period. It illustrates the daily life, painting a critical portrait of the situation, including the tendency to reduce this surrealist period to mere numbers and statistics: how many today? How many new cases? How many deaths? How many people locked up? How many for how long?
The roof of the house, a symbol of freedom in this period of hell, becomes the filmic space, the workshop where the imagination opens up and other possible spaces are created. Beyond the video, Confinement Syndrome is also and perhaps above all, a body performance and a reflection on time.
Director: Khawla Louhichi / Image: Khalil Ben Hmida / Sound: Wassim Zmerly / Editing: Safa Borgi
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KHAWLA LOUHICHI
Born in 1985 in el-Hamma (Gabes), Khaoula Louhichi grew up in the craft industry. In 2011, she obtained a diploma from the Higher Institute of Arts and Crafts of Sfax, specializing in textiles and drawing before following, in 2013, a training in photography. She participated in many group exhibitions before holding her first solo exhibition in 2015 in Sfax.
Very involved in civil society, Khawla created in 2017 the collective "Tajribat al mouharrijine al tounsiine" and, in 2019, the association "Les Artivistes".
KHALIL BEN HMIDA
After obtaining a diploma in sciences and techniques of the audiovisual and cinema, specializing in image, at the Higher School of Audiovisual and Cinema of Gammarth in 2007, Khalil is studying for a master's degree in cultural sciences, specializing in theater and shows, at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art in Tunis.
WASSIM ZMERLY
Under the name of Hbib zgang, he collaborated with Balti on the tracks Harba and Ya lily before exploring electronic music and then turning to other more experimental fields to broaden the possible and refine his musical imprint and collaborates as a musician on art videos.
