Soundtracks, selfies, souls, and spheres: A Workshop with Safaa Fathy

Over three weeks, we will explore together the dimensions of subjectivity in relation to the other portrayed in both my documentaries and feature films. How do we create art with documentary material, and how does the treatment of documented reality entail fiction? How do the boundaries between fiction and documentary overlap? The participants should produce a filmed piece that reflects their own understanding of what these boundaries are. The workshop will include four classes, access to Fathy’s remarkable films and selected events from the Tamaas Translation Seminar, in which Fathy is a participant.