Nida Sinnokrot’s work is informed by cinema, colonial history, narrative structures, and the politics of technology. Through tactical acts of technical and conceptual détournement, his work aims to subvert various technologies of control that give rise to shifting social, political, and geographic instabilities.
His films and installation works have been shown in numerous international exhibitions, including including KIOSK, Ghent (2018); Witte de With, Rotterdam (2015); Darat al Funun, Amman (2014); Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2014); the travelling exhibition Tea with Nefertiti, Mathaf, Doha; Institut du monde arabe, Paris; Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Spain and Staatliches Museum Ägypticher Kunst, Munich (2012-2014); Bozar Museum, Brussels (2008) and Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (2004). Palestinian Blues, his first film, has won numerous awards in international film. Nida Sinnokrot also participated in the 57th Venice Biennial (2017), the 13th Sharjah Biennial (2017) and the 10th Tapei Biennial (2016). He is currently Assistant Professor in MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) and co-founder of Sakiya – Art | Science | Agriculture.
Selected Works
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Crack (Broken Landscape), 2008
Cracked lens, projector
variable dimensions
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Exquisite Rotation (Fakir Fans), 2015 / 2016
Gilded manuscript, pedestal, light, camera, microphones, speakers, projector, fans
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Flight – Jalazone, 2016
Pigeons, LEDs
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Silver Screen / Golden Dome, 2018
Projection screen, lenses
variable dimensions
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High Dive, 2018
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Ya Ghanamati (Billboard no. 02), 2014
Mechanical billboard, sheep skin, motor, sensor
600 × 240 × 20 cm
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When Her Eyes Lifted, 1998 – 1999
16mm film loop, 3 modified projectors, motor, sensors, Steenbeck parts, amplifier, carpet, midi-controller
screen dimensions variable
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Rubber-Coated Rocks, All-Stars 02, 2015
Stone, rubble, football, volleyball, basketball, tennis ball, string, stocking, wire rope, plastic, steel
dimensions variable
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Rawabi, 2013-14
Camel jaw, gold
35 × 35 × 30 cm
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Jonah’s Whale, 2014
Hand-cut Israeli settlers’ caravan repurposed as Palestinian construction site office
480 × 1.200 × 240 cm
External Exhibitions
Biennial Presentation
Sharjah Biennial 16 | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
06.02.–15.06.2025
Group Exhibition
untranquil now | Hamburger Kunsthalle
31.05.2024–19.01.2025
Special Presentation
Nida Sinnokrot | St. Peter Kirche, Cologne
07.12.2019–26.01.2020
Solo Exhibition
Exquisite Rotation | KIOSK, Ghent
17.02.–08.04.2018
