“A hypnosis-inducing pan-geographic shuttle built on brainwave generating binaural beats, Deep Sleep takes us on a journey through the sound waves of Gaza to travel between different sights of modern ruin. Restricted from to travel to Palestine, I learned autohypnosis for the purpose of bilocating. What results is a journey recorded on super 8mm film to the ruins of ancient civilizations embedded in modern civilization in ruins, to a site ruined beyond evidence of civilization. Deep Sleep is an invitation to move from the corporeal self to the cinema space in a collective act of bilocation that transcends the limits of geographical borders and plays with the fallibility of memory.” (Basma Alsharif)
Een performatieve film waarin Alsharif onder zelfhypnose beelden draait in Athene, Malta en de ‘post-beschaving’ van de Gazastrook.
