Movie Details
Original Language:English
Manipulations on the Web:Official Website
Manipulations
DirectorMounir Fatmi
7 min
Plot
Manipulations is a video inspired by the famous game of logic Rubiks cube It is a succession of closeups of varying intensity showing a pair of hands manipulating a cube with colored faces to a soundtrack of a regular and insistent beat the clicking of the cubes combining at times with strident acoustic distortions As the resolution of the logic game progresses cubes with black faces that werent initially present appear progressively replacing the colored cubes until the brainteaser becomes completely black with the exception of a row of cubes with a white line Meanwhile the hands tirelessly continue their manipulations while images of the Kaaba are overlaid on those of the hands moving around and being progressively covered in black This piece is part of a larger body of work initiated in 2004 that also comprises a series of photographs a sculpture and a video game
