Mohammad AlfarajI’d rather be a dragonfly than a lion

Five stop-motion films by the Saudi artist, set in an installation of sand, wood, water and pictures of palm groves, for the Open Space series.

Alfaraj (born 1993), who lives in the Al-Ahsa oasis, made this site-specific work for Gallery 8; it is his first solo show in a French institution. Images of palm groves, desert and mountains surround the room, and a photograph on the ceiling looks up as if from the bottom of a well.

The five short films, each written, performed and animated by the artist, play in turn as separate tales. The title draws on a local belief that a dragonfly circling at sunset brings good news.

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