Sophia Al-Maria

The Litany

2016

Multiple smartphones and tablets lie on a dark floor tangled in charging cables with glowing screens.
Multiple smartphones and tablets lie on a dark floor tangled in charging cables with glowing screens.

Installation view

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.



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