Zein Majali presents a performance for Assembly 2024, exploring the relationship between technology and perception, and the evolution of a culture stalled through foreign innovation and machines.
Utilising generated, sampled and recorded sound and video, INTIHAK انتهاك jumps from ancient tribal rhythms to double time nightcore remixes and virtual worlds, mimicking the fragmented and disorienting act of tracing back culture while living in the cursed timeline of today.
Zein Majali is one of three recipients of Somerset House Studios’ Music and Sound Residency, a 15-month residency for experimental music and sound shaped by Somerset House Studios in collaboration with artist mentors Paul Purgas, Nkisi, and Gaika."
WARNING: This video contains flashing lights.
Film credits
Rob Akin
Wes Gilpin
Anna Dobos
Rob Akin
Eleanor Ritter Scott