Alternate Realities: Science Fiction from Across Asia

In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain

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London-based Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour works in several media, but in her films, she often uses the tropes of science fiction to reimagine her culture’s present and future. A Space Exodus, for instance, posits a Palestinian space program, while in Nation Estate, the population of Palestine is crammed into a single futuristic apartment building. In the Future, They Ate from the Finest Porcelain, the third film in the trilogy, is about a narrative resistance group that makes underground deposits of elaborate porcelain, - suggested to belong to an entirely fictional civilization. Their aim is to influence history and to support future claims to their vanishing lands. Once unearthed, this tableware will prove the existence of this counterfeit people. By implementing a myth of its own, their work becomes a historical intervention—de facto creating a nation. 

  • Year
    2015
  • Runtime
    29 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Director
    Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind