Revolution Fever Dreams, 2019
A deconstruction and exploration of Sudanese national identity through the lens of collective memory, sentiment, and key political junctures and discourses in Sudanese history. Created amid the elation of the December Revolution, the piece explores a moment where the idea of nationhood is contested - as revolutionaries strive to forge a ‘New Sudan’, away from the postcolonial paradigms and oppressive structures that have colored their world with grief, loss & precarity.
Using archival footage and sound from both Sudan and South Sudan TV, Revolution Fever Dreams draws from different conceptions of ‘nation’ as articulated by resistance movements in Darfur, South Sudan, Khartoum, and the diaspora. As the December Revolution propels Sudan into a moment of futurity and possibility, the piece embodies the collective reckoning Sudanese embark with their political past, as well as their hopes, sentiments, and yearnings for an unclear future.