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Of Men and Gods and Mud

Ali Cherri

Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Fort Kochi, India

The film is set on the shores of the Nile in northern Sudan, where construction work on Africa’s largest hydropower project the Merowe Dam was completed in 2009. Following the toil of workers at a traditional brickyard, the film looks at mud as the materiality of myth and creation, conjuring the poetic and supernatural view of development,
geological catastrophe, and labour

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  • Title: Of Men and Gods and Mud
  • Creator: Ali Cherri
  • Subject Keywords: Contemporary Art, Visual Art, Kochi Muziris Biennale
  • Type: Video installation
  • Contributor: Imane Fares gallery
  • Medium: Film
  • Date of artwork's creation: 2022
Kochi-Muziris Biennale

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