Nashashibi, Rosalind
This Quality is a film shot in downtown Cairo. It comprises two
halves: the first shows a 30-something woman looking directly
at the camera, and sometimes acknowledging the existence of
others around her who we cannot see. She has a beautiful face
with eyes which seem to see internally rather than outwardly, they
almost have the appearance of being painted on, suggesting
the blindness of a mythological seer. The second half shows
a series of parked cars covered with fabric. Each car suggests a
sightless face, as the fabric stretched around the machine turns
it into a face but also seems to hood the car so that it is conspicuously
hidden, like a child covering his eyes.
Test courtesy of Murray Guy, New York
- Artwork Details: running time: 4 minutes 33seconds
- Edition: 1 of 3 + 2 APs
- Material description: 16mm colour film with sound
- Credit line: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist.
- Theme:
- Medium: Film and Audio Visual
- Accession number: ACC33/2014