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 godothèque, Aïcha Snoussi meticulously curates the remnants of a vanished civilization. Expanding on the mythology of Drexciya—the underwater people born from those lost to historical erasure—she constructs a cyborg archaeology that subverts the tradition of handwritten scrolls. Rather than upholding dominant knowledge systems, the artist turns her attention to the margins, embracing anti-knowledge and an unknown language to catalog a multitude of protean dildos. These prosthetic objects, often hybridized with other tools, take shape on the backs of wallpaper rolls, becoming traces of a forgotten history. Through ink drawings and engraved stones reminiscent of an ancient sepulchre, Snoussi reimagines a living site where knowledge-languages germinate and propagate across the walls.
M.T.
