Saif Azzuz Libyan-Yurok, b. 1987
In an invented summer the world breaks apart, 2025
Video in three parts, sound
Duration: 5 min, loop
Courtesy of the Artist and Lawrie Shabibi
In an Invented Summer the World Breaks Apart is a three-part film installation that brings together bodies of water from places closely connected to the artist: San Francisco, California; the...
In an Invented Summer the World Breaks Apart is a three-part film installation that brings together bodies of water from places closely connected to the artist: San Francisco, California; the Yurok Reservation along the Klamath River; and the coastal waters of Dubai. Each scene is positioned side by side and visually aligned, creating a continuous line that draws these distant sites into a single field of view. Through this formal gesture, Azzuz collapses geographic distance and presents water as a unifying presence, linking distinct places through shared memory, movement, and experience.