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Father & Son
Video Art by Moataz Nasr
Father and Son began as a simple documentation of a dialogue
between the artist and his father. With the need to resolve
familial conflicts in a patriarchal society, Nasr was more attached
to his mother than his father. He addresses her primarily as
the loving care-giver, housewife, and finally as the woman deprived
from marital affection.
After his mother’s death Nasr felt an obligation to put her
soul and his mind at rest by confronting his father on the faults
of their relationship, be that between a man and his wife or
a father and his son. During one of Nasr’s visits to his father’s
home in Cairo he set-up a video-camera to record their conversation
as they delved into sensitive subjects regarding his father’s
relationship with his mother and his relationships with other
women.
During the making of this video Nasr used two camera’s that
would finally accommodate the presentation of this piece to
an audience.
In this work Nasr searched for reconciliation with a father
who he had grown apart and disconnected from. The work surprisingly
shows his father’s honesty and steadfastness in answering these
sensitive questions creating a bridge of understanding and a
potential degree of closure for the artist, which we as an audience
can perhaps learn and reflect on in our own experiences.
Previous Shows
Falaki
Gallery
American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt
2004
AFRICA REMIX
Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
2005
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