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Heba Y. Amin

Heba y. amin

is an artist based in Berlin. Her work engages with political narratives, archival histories, and technologies of control through film, photography, performance, and installation, often employing speculative and satirical strategies. She has exhibited at MAXXI Museum, Eye Filmmuseum, Quai Branly Museum, The Mosaic Rooms, the Liverpool Biennial, the Berlin Biennale, the Istanbul Biennale, and the Dak’Art Biennale.

atom elegy (2022)

Atom Elegy confronts France’s nuclear experiments in Algeria and their long-lasting consequences. In 1960, France carried out atomic tests in the Sahara desert, exposing local communities and the environment to devastating radiation. Amin uses a haunting archival photograph as her point of departure, reflecting on the nexus of colonialism and military technology. Rather than simply documenting, the work transforms a historical image into a spectral reminder of the radioactive fallout that continues to infiltrate landscapes and generations. Amin highlights how nuclear residue is an invisible force inscribed into bodies and territories. Atom Elegy belongs to Amin’s wider practice of interrogating colonial legacies and technological violence that persist beyond official narratives, urging viewers to acknowledge the enduring presence of contamination, both visible and unseen.

Atom Elegy, 2022, installation, 12 miniature dummies, mixed media, Lightbox, 160x210x30cm

LOCATION: Direkcija rudnika (former administration building of the Raša Mine)

김아영 Ayoung KIM,

Alice Bucknell ,

Živa Božičnik Rebec,

Gerard Ortín Castellví,

Maks Bricelj and Ema Maznik Antić,

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler,

Lawrence Lek,

Nestor Siré,

Suzanne Treister,

Anna Engelhardt and Mark Cinkevich,

刘窗 Chuang LIU,

Marina Xenofontos,

Laibach Kunst,

Dragan Živadinov and Dunja Zupančič,

Tanit Plana,

업체 eobchae,

Andrej Beštak and Anja Leko,

Aleksandra Domanović,

Abu Bakarr Mansaray,

Selena Savić and Gordan Savičić,

Sandro Ðukić,

!Mediengruppe Bitnik,

Sophie Cundale,