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Still from the video piece Assault by Runa Islam (2008)
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Still from the video piece Assault by Runa Islam (2008)
runa islam, black sun, 1997
Runa Islam exhibition at SFMOMA. San Francisco, Calif. 2017
Runa Islam | Be The First To See What You See As You See It (2004), a looped 16mm film by Runa Islam, portrays a young woman walking through a gallery of fine china displayed on pedestals. After toying with the objects, the woman begins gently pushing dishes, cups, and saucers off their stands to smash on the floor. Filmed in slow motion and based in part on the first slow motion test film which showed a man shattering a jug of water, the piece is, in part, an attempt to capture the unrecordable moment of transformation as the objects break into pieces.
Runa Islam, The house belongs to those who inhabit it – © DR
Runa Islam Meroë (Still) 2012 Duration: 5 minutes 16 seconds 16 mm film, mute, colour
Runa Islam - Be The First To See What You See As You See It [video still], 2004