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ET DANS LA TERRE, JE ME SOUVIENS
Videoessay
1-channel projection
2021
GESTES QUOTIDIENS
Videoessay
1-channel projection
2’31 min
2021
The upper galleries in the central building of the “Village Artisanal” were dedicated to two video essays by Maya Louhichi. The atmosphere was quiescent, and light was emitted only from the projections installed in parallel across the courtyard.
Both artworks were dedicated to the artist’s father, one of them thematized the father’s loss of motor skills after an accident in 2006, and the other is based on an archive of photographs that Maya inherited after his death. Loss and grief are portrayed as shifting terrains, and photography emerges as a tool of holding and releasing, of reflecting and tracing, of a continued negotiation between the past and the present.
“Et dans la terre, je me souviens” is a visual dialogue of images tracing the themes, the way of gaze, and the impact of the camera in the father’s archive, juxtaposed with visuals authored by Maya.
For “Gestes Quotidiens”, the artist asked her mother to perform all the daily gestures of her father that she remembers years after he was paralyzed in an accident in 2006.
The two artworks are a testament to familial ties, belonging, and identity, as well as the transmission of what endures across generations. They offer a microscopic view into transience, mourning, and loss, unfolding with sensitivity to the fragile and impermanent, and expanding into an artistic language.
BACKGROUND
Maya Louhichi’s artistic practice is rooted in a research-based approach that explores themes of memory, heritage, traces, and transmission. Louhichi’s methodology combines investigation, inquiry, and a sensitive perspective, often weaving together intimate and political narratives. She was trained outside formal academic institutions and since 2018, her work has drawn deeply from the cinematic legacy of her father, Tunisian director Taïeb Louhichi.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 London (uk), SHUBBAK Festival
2025 Torino (it), Museo Egizio
2025 Lisbon (pt), National Museum of Natural History and Science
2022 Bamako (ml), BAMAKO ENCOUNTERS
2022 Tunis (tn), JAOU
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mayalouhichi.com
@maya.louhichi
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