HD Video (32:00), premiere at Ji-Hlava International Film Festival (IDFF 2022)

Shot in collaboration with biologist Younes Boundir on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, Atlantic Ragagar is an experimental film about seaweed and pollution. With its clear waters, the beach at Sidi Bouzid is home to dozens of species of algae. Further south, in Safi, marine biodiversity suffers from pollution caused by phosphate factories.

The film is a performative attempt to ‘listen’ to pollution, inviting the spectator into a process of ecological transformation. The effects of toxicity are rendered through the voice and physical presence of Imane Zoubai; as she hums, sings, breathes, and silently interacts with algae, a new figure progressively emerges: Maouj. This aquatic body serves as a site for transcorporeal and interspecies speculation, blurring the boundaries between human and extra-human existence.

Concept, camera, sound, editing: Gilles Aubry
Voice and performance: Imane Zoubai
Scientific advising, voice, and additional images: Younes Boundir
Color correction: Nicolas Perret