Carne Vale

Carne Vale, fight like a fascist is a multifaceted project. It originated from a conversation with Sister Solange—and more specifically, from a slide showing a graffiti tag from the 1970s—that led Yasmina Benabderrahmane to Rome, where she explored major religious, pagan, and political events. 

"In my home, the walls are magnetic; every empty space can hold a projection, a memory, a print, or a fantasy. "

Yasmina Benabderrahman

For Carne vale , she presents forms that blend into one another and will unfold throughout the exhibition space like a visual map and a narrated performance. There are Sister Solange’s archives, the images Yasmina captured in Italy—in convents and in public spaces—and the words that weave them together. 

Everything here is a story of mystical, poetic, visceral, intimate, and architectural transformation. The film weaves together different landscapes and eras. From the rippled marble of a statue in ecstasy to the throbbing temple of an activist photographed in the midst of a speech, the same sense of eternity emerges. What if, between our gaze and the photosensitive process—from the appearance of the first image to the flow of digital images—something far more visceral than mere visual consumption were at play? Perhaps it is a physical reflection on revelation. It is this question that the wall receives and poses, in a state of constant interplay.