12/03/2026
[NEWS FROM RESIDENCY]
Over the past weeks, artist Ghyzlène Boukaïla has been working from the former studio of painter Mohammed Khadda at rhizome in Algiers, where she is developing the writing of her upcoming project Inner Sea Desire (working title).
Born in Algiers in 1993, Boukaila is a visual artist whose practice spans film, installation, and sculpture. Through filmic and immersive devices, her work explores the porous boundaries between reality and fiction. Her films often extend into sculptural environments that fragment narrative structures and open speculative spaces.
Her research focuses on liminal territories, often referred to as non-places, which in her work become active sites of memory, resistance, and transformation.
Inner Sea Desire is an ongoing project that approaches the Mediterranean as a space of passage, fiction, and resistance. The project examines the sea as a political, sensitive, and mythological territory.
Selected screenings and presentations include Jaou Contemporary Art Biennale, Tunis; Rencontres International Paris/Berlin; Institut du Monde Arabe, Tourcoing; Tampere Film Festival, Tampere; and 100% Villette, Paris.
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1–3: Red Manifesto, immersive film installation, triptych screens with synchronized film; plexiglass, dashboard, black vinyl, interactive headlight, three video projectors. (85.5 × 48.5 cm) / (108 × 83 cm).
© Ghyzlène Boukaila. Photo credit: Mehdi Ben Temessek, 2024.
2: Red Manifesto, immersive film installation. Film screenshot (11’20”), triptych films; motion capture, performance.
Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. © Ghyzlène Boukaila, 2022.
4: Wet Waiting, immersive video installation. Diptych 3D video (5’06”), polycarbonate façade, plexiglass, moisture v***r (190 × 250 cm); string, snap hooks, metal, plastic seat (98 × 116 cm).
© Ghyzlène Boukaila. Photo credit: Léo Verhaeghe, 2023.
5: Wet Waiting, video installation. Galvanised metal box, TV screen, 3D animation, hot sponge condensation (108.7 × 60.8 cm).
© Ghyzlène Boukaila, 2024.