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Mediterranean Cyborgs, 2019-2022
In situ installation Handwritten scrolls from “Cyborgs Archeology” and “Undefined Scrolls” series, ink and mixed media on paper and walls, engraved cellular concrete, leds. Variable dimensions
Commissioned by the Centre Pompidou-Metz
Courtesy of the artist
In her godotheque (dildo library), Aïcha Snoussi meticulously collects and presents the vestiges of a queer underwater civilisation. Invented by techno duo Drexciya in Detroit in the 1990s, the mythology tells of the existence of a half-human, half fish people born in the ocean depths after pregnant African slaves were thrown overboard from the slave trade ships. This cyborg archaeology diverts the tradition of handwritten scrolls: in contrast to dominant knowledge, the Tunisian artist pays attention to what goes on in the margins, to anti-knowledge, and in an unknown language draws up an inventory of a multitude of protean dildos. On the backs of wallpaper rolls, these plugs, prosthetic objects often hybridised with other tools, take shape as traces of a forgotten history. (M. T.)
