ROMANE ISKARIA


Photographer - Visual Artist


JARÉ



For the community of Malkie, (Al-Malikiyah in Arabic and Dêrik in Syriac) in northeast Syria, “Jaré” is a moving memory. In the countryside, during very hot nights, Assyrian families slept on the roofs of their houses in a large bed that they all built together. Their gestures are almost choreographic, evoking a ritual. The video installation “Jaré” reactivates this memory belonging to the collective memory of this community, idealizing a vanished land, which does not really belong to them. This installation is accompanied by an immersive sound piece combining testimonies from this Assyrian family in the form of extracts superimposed on the environmental noises they can hear from the bed.
Video installation: projection and two satellite screens.
Sculpture installation: carpets, sheets, fabrics, blankets, cushions.
Film in french with english subtitles
22 minutes
2022
Directed in collaboration with Ghazel Aziz, architect.
With: Diana Isaac, Jerjis Isaac, Gabriel and Natali Korkis
Sound: Romane Iskaria with the help of Maxime Pichont, Thibault Dupont.



Exhibiton view, Jaré, NICCx25 show, S.M.A.K museum, 190x126 cm and two films screens, Gent Belgium 2023


Exhibition view, Jaré, Frictions, BPS22 Museum, Charleroi, Belgium, June 2022









Exhibition view, Jaré, Mediatine Prize 2023 : 40 years, Wolubilis Center, Brussels, Belgium, February 2023





Exhibition view, Jaré, Tell Me Louder HISK Gosset, Brussels, Belgium 2022