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Undercurrents
Audio-video installation, 2015Two-channel projection on adjacent walls (corner installation), two video players, two audio systems.This two-channel mixed media video installation blends performance art with environmental video practices, capturing durational, site-specific actions in dialogue with the natural landscape.In Undercurrents, Mai Al Shazly explores the tension between resistance and submission, drawing from B.F. Skinner’s notion that “resistance is a human reaction to another human action.” Through dual-channel projection, two parallel narratives unfold—one embodying confrontation and agency, the other reflecting dependency and passivity.The spatial divide between the projections becomes a charged threshold where opposing forces meet. A restrained figure grapples with an invisible aggressor, while the calm, looping rhythm of ocean waves evokes emotional fatigue. The ambient soundscape bubbles on, indifferent—underscoring a quiet sense of frustration and psychological confinement.Featured in the exhibition;
Biennale de Dakar, Dakar, 2018. Solo exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Kwant, Alexandria library, Manchester, 2018.
Beyond Boundaries, curated by PhD – senior curator Helen Pheby, York Shire, UK,2017.Produced by Generator video workshop 2014 at Medrar for Contemporary Art with the support of Pro Helvetia, The Swiss art council.
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Installation view: Yorkshire Sculpture Part, Wakefield, United Kingdom, (Jan/March 2017).
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