5 SUNRISES, 7 SUNSETS is a two-channel moving image work with a unique custom-made soundscape realized in Egypt’s Sinai, Luxor, and Aswan.

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This project pays homage to light as an invisible medium that reveals the knowable world, emphasizing human vision as a natural phenomenon. It delves into the concept of reflection and the ‘subversive value’ of ‘immediate reality’ that we can access through our eyes or the camera, a tool designed to emulate human sight.

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Over the past decade, I have embarked on exploring how the presence of light shapes the human perception of the surrounding world, how we assign significance to spatiotemporal realities, and how vision, a natural phenomenon, is transformed into visuality as a construct. This project is a culmination of my research and artistic exploration.

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‍Total duration: 9 mins 15 secs

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‍Technical specification: 6K output/channel with 5.1 surround sound