Moussem resident Mostafa Saifi Rahmouni was invited within the framework of Young Artist Fund to create a new outdoor work for the Middelheim Museum.
In The Visible Part, an unassuming van stands seemingly deserted. The Volkswagen Transporter is easily mistaken for a badly parked car until, every so often, its inertia is disturbed by a sudden trembling and thudding sounds. By means of an internal mechanism, Rahmouni has recreated a scene that seems out of place yet familiar to the artist: the hidden but still palpable aggressions of violent police interventions. The van's brusque movements unveil nothing yet summon the most brutal of stories.
Moussem resident Mostafa Saifi Rahmouni was invited within the framework of Young Artist Fund to create a new outdoor work for the Middelheim Museum.
In The Visible Part, an unassuming van stands seemingly deserted. The Volkswagen Transporter is easily mistaken for a badly parked car until, every so often, its inertia is disturbed by a sudden trembling and thudding sounds. By means of an internal mechanism, Rahmouni has recreated a scene that seems out of place yet familiar to the artist: the hidden but still palpable aggressions of violent police interventions. The van's brusque movements unveil nothing yet summon the most brutal of stories.
