Sophia Al-Maria

The Litany

2016

Not on view

Date
2016

Classification
Installations

Medium
Sand, glass, smartphones, computer screens, tablet computers, and USB cables, with digital video, color/black-and-white, sound; varying durations, looped

Dimensions
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Dimensions variable

Accession number
2018.95.2

Edition
1/3 | 2 APs

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee and Heather Flow

Rights and reproductions
© Sophia Al-Maria, courtesy The Third Line, Dubai

API
artworks/50451

Part of a series:
The Litany
2 works

Large vertical glowing screen shows orange canal scene while many lit tablets and phones lie scattered on the floor.
Multiple smartphones and tablets lie on a dark floor tangled in charging cables with glowing screens.



On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
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