"I've definitely belonged, for example, in my high school circle and family, but there's this feeling of something's different, which everyone can feel. My femininity feels different too from the women in my family, but I think feeling different is just very formative. You're already taking a step back, which is kind of what you do as an artist or filmmaker to be able to observe. So it's maybe this 'observing' that I'm supposed to belong in a group that has made me appreciate the group as a collective."
"Meriem Bennani's exhibition at Fondazione Prada includes mechanical and kinetic installations where 192 mechanized flip-flops and slippers tap and thud on their wooden boards and steel plates in a rhythmic and performative sound ballet. These segmented sculptural works are laid down around the Podium floor, and they produce a cacophony of folkloric beats that ring out the entire space."
"During the opening of her exhibition, Meriem Bennani tells designboom that she doesn't think she's had much sense of belonging. She has always felt like she belongs in ways, but she recognizes that there are things in herself and in her life that are different."
"The art movie tells the story of a mother and her daughter and what their relationship has weathered, juxtaposing familial ties with the overarching theme of seeking connection amid differences."
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