It Was Not the Color

"It Was Not the Color" is a contemplative and experimental work that invites a journey through the landscapes of skin, its textures, contours, and shades.

Through close-up shots of bodies with varied tones - black, white, brown - the video questions our relationship to skin, between heritage and contemporary perception.
Inspired by the word Kemet, the ancient name of Egypt - the Black Land, referring to the fertility of the soil - it awakens a forgotten symbolism, where black color evoked strength and life, far from today’s interpretations.
In the background, colorism, often invisible, resurfaces. Bodies, once perceived beyond their pigmentation, are now read, interpreted, and sometimes categorized.
Wordless and intimate, the film offers a sensory reflection on what the essence of the body reveals beyond the visible.

Created during the artist residency at the Museo Egizio, in the context of the Contested Desires : Constructive Dialogues program.