Rabih mroue biography of mahatma gandhi

Portrait

“What should we remember, what better forget?”

In the summer of 2012, Rabih Mroué showed a piece in Berlin that encapsulates the central motifs of his work at large: “Double Shooting” is not a production in the classical sense, as it does not work with performers.

Blurring the lines to the visual arts, the installation was also exhibited at the 2013 Documenta.

Rabih mroue biography of mahatma gandhi

Mounted on a narrow row of columns, an 18-second film sequence that is cut into single shots can be seen. If the audience walks past the columns fast enough, the single images merge and become one motion sequence. If it walks more slowly, however, the single image remains isolated.

The film shows a uniformed sniper who, standing on a rooftop, fires at people demonstrating in the streets during the Arabic spring in Syria. The audience views the sniper from the perspective of the protester who films him with his cell phone camera.

The perspective that the viewer of the installation assumes is, therefore,