Meriem Bennani, Kahlil Joseph, Karrabing Film Collective

Her work is a representation of North African culture, in which she challenges viewers to reconsider their assumptions, viewing habits and cultural-political orientation. Using video mapping to project films onto all sorts of surfaces and objects in space-filling installations, she immerses visitors in a brightly coloured, overwhelming flow of images and sounds.

With his work he criticizes stereotypes and unravels the power structures of mainstream media. In addition, he shuns clichés and provides a platform for images rarely seen. He conveys his political commentary with a refined visual style, a vibrant mixture of fiction and reality, sound and image.

Despair is not the central concern, however. In fact, their works are filled with humour, lightness and spontaneity. In their films they offer a new perspective on indigenous life from within. They are not the inferior Other from the colonial media, nor are they a romantic, primitive people or powerless victim. The collective uses film to repair and strengthen the connection between themselves, their homeland and their ancestors – that is how they sustain their culture. Moreover, they work without hierarchies, scripts or scenarios.