THERE IS SALT AND BREAD BETWEEN US presents a selection of films by Larissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala, Alia Yunis, Andrea Nones-Kobiakov, and Marwa Benhalim. The films are centered around the theme of food, which is employed as a vehicle to explore political and cultural narratives.
Trespass the Salt, a collaborative project by Larissa Sansour and Youmna Chlala, delves into the nuanced relationship between Palestine and Lebanon around a lavish and surreal dinner table. Set in a virtual and imagined space, the film examines cultural and power dynamics in the region and with the West through humor and fiction.
The Devil's Recipe, a collaboration between Andrea Nones-Kobiakov and Marwa Benhalim, highlights the absurdity and redundancy of political speeches. Words from the speeches of Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías at the 61st United Nations General Assembly in 2006 and remarks by Muammar al-Gaddafi at the 64th United Nations General Assembly in 2009 are replaced with fruit and vegetable idioms.
In The Golden Harvest, the filmmaker Alia Yunis seeks to understand the profound and often troubled relationship between olive oil and the people of the Mediterranean, including her own father.
Trespass the Salt , Larissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala
Through this intimate and fictionalized dinner, an impossible happening becomes real. The work explores cultural fabrications and similarities in a non-mediated moment outside the Western gaze - even if the space it seeks is invariably conditioned by it. This work was initially a 3-channel video installation
About the filmmakers
Larissa Sansour was born in 1973 in East Jerusalem, Palestine, and studied fine arts in London, New York and Copenhagen. Central to her work is the dialectics between myth and historical narrative. In her recent works, she uses science fiction to address social and political issues. Working mainly with film, Sansour also produces installations, photos and sculptures. Sansour’s work is shown in film festivals and museums worldwide. In 2019, she represented Denmark at the 58th Venice Biennial. In 2020, she was the shared recipient of the prestigious Jarman Award. She has shown her work at Tate Modern, MoMA, Centre Pompidou and the Istanbul Biennial. Recent solo exhibitions include Copenhagen Contemporary in Denmark, Bluecoat in Liverpool, Bildmuseet in Umeå and Dar El-Nimer in Beirut. Sansour currently lives and works in London, UK.
Youmna Chlala is an artist and writer born in Beirut and based in New York. She has exhibited at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Hayward Gallery, The Drawing Center, Art In General, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Henie Onstad Art Center, Dubai Art Projects, Hessel Museum of Art, Concrete Gallery and MAK Center for Art and Architecture. She participated in the 33rd Bienal de Sao Paulo, 2017 LIAF Biennial in Norway, and 11th Performa Biennial. She is the author of the poetry and photography collection, The Paper Camera.
- Year2012
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorLarissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala
THERE IS SALT AND BREAD BETWEEN US presents a selection of films by Larissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala, Alia Yunis, Andrea Nones-Kobiakov, and Marwa Benhalim. The films are centered around the theme of food, which is employed as a vehicle to explore political and cultural narratives.
Trespass the Salt, a collaborative project by Larissa Sansour and Youmna Chlala, delves into the nuanced relationship between Palestine and Lebanon around a lavish and surreal dinner table. Set in a virtual and imagined space, the film examines cultural and power dynamics in the region and with the West through humor and fiction.
The Devil's Recipe, a collaboration between Andrea Nones-Kobiakov and Marwa Benhalim, highlights the absurdity and redundancy of political speeches. Words from the speeches of Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías at the 61st United Nations General Assembly in 2006 and remarks by Muammar al-Gaddafi at the 64th United Nations General Assembly in 2009 are replaced with fruit and vegetable idioms.
In The Golden Harvest, the filmmaker Alia Yunis seeks to understand the profound and often troubled relationship between olive oil and the people of the Mediterranean, including her own father.
Trespass the Salt , Larissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala
Through this intimate and fictionalized dinner, an impossible happening becomes real. The work explores cultural fabrications and similarities in a non-mediated moment outside the Western gaze - even if the space it seeks is invariably conditioned by it. This work was initially a 3-channel video installation
About the filmmakers
Larissa Sansour was born in 1973 in East Jerusalem, Palestine, and studied fine arts in London, New York and Copenhagen. Central to her work is the dialectics between myth and historical narrative. In her recent works, she uses science fiction to address social and political issues. Working mainly with film, Sansour also produces installations, photos and sculptures. Sansour’s work is shown in film festivals and museums worldwide. In 2019, she represented Denmark at the 58th Venice Biennial. In 2020, she was the shared recipient of the prestigious Jarman Award. She has shown her work at Tate Modern, MoMA, Centre Pompidou and the Istanbul Biennial. Recent solo exhibitions include Copenhagen Contemporary in Denmark, Bluecoat in Liverpool, Bildmuseet in Umeå and Dar El-Nimer in Beirut. Sansour currently lives and works in London, UK.
Youmna Chlala is an artist and writer born in Beirut and based in New York. She has exhibited at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Hayward Gallery, The Drawing Center, Art In General, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Henie Onstad Art Center, Dubai Art Projects, Hessel Museum of Art, Concrete Gallery and MAK Center for Art and Architecture. She participated in the 33rd Bienal de Sao Paulo, 2017 LIAF Biennial in Norway, and 11th Performa Biennial. She is the author of the poetry and photography collection, The Paper Camera.
- Year2012
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorLarissa Sansour, Youmna Chlala