{"product_id":"meriem-bennani-life-on-the-caps-9780941548878","title":"Meriem Bennani: Life on the Caps","description":"\u003cb\u003eA catalog for an exhibition of the latest chapter in Miriem Bennani's \u003ci\u003eCAPS\u003c\/i\u003e film project.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meriem Bennani is a Moroccan artist who lives and works in New York\u003ci\u003e. Life on the CAPS\u003c\/i\u003e is the final chapter in her film trilogy of the same name. Set in a supernatural, dystopian future surrounding a fictional island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, it is rooted in Bennani's research and reflections on the histories of island societies, biotechnology, and vernacular music. Layering live-action footage and computer-generated animation, Bennani intuitively adapts editing techniques that evoke documentary film, science fiction, phone footage, music videos, and reality TV. Her one-person exhibition at the Renaissance Society marked the debut of this personal, electric yet melancholic consideration of what it is to live in a state of limbo, and this accompanying book captures the film through a combination of still images and selections from a transcript of the film. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Enacting a variety of cunning shifts, \u003ci\u003eLife on the CAPS\u003c\/i\u003e moves fluidly from the imaginary to the geopolitical and ranges from the microscopic scale of DNA to the global eye of surveillance. At the same time, it engages with the power of individual experience as well as the power of collectivity while building on an emotive, formal experimentation that refutes boundaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume includes transcripts of conversations between Meriem Bennani and Omar Berrada, Fatima Al Quadiri and Bidoun, Amal Benzekri, and Aziz Bouyabrine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeriem Bennani \u003c\/b\u003eis an artist from Morocco who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Bennani's work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, the Guggenheim Museum, Art Dubai, the Foundation Louis Vuitton, Public Art Fund, the Kitchen, and CLEARING, among other venues. \u003cb\u003eNegar Azimi \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eBidoun\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Tiffany Malakooti\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent graphic designer and head of special projects at \u003ci\u003eBidoun\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Renaissance Society at the University of Chic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486345040146,"sku":"9780941548878","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56eed981-d72d-41fd-b2b7-da5eaf26b8fc.jpg?v=1730425998","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/meriem-bennani-life-on-the-caps-9780941548878","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}