Video excerpt
Installation view at Huuto gallery (2006)
Detail
Detai)
Cold Interrogation explores the challenges of identity faced by an Arab, Muslim individual living in Western society post-9/11. After leaving Iraq in 2000, the artist reflects on daily interrogations encountered since arriving in Finland. The video, housed within a closed refrigerator, encourages viewers to physically engage with the piece by placing their eye to the security peephole on the door. They observe a man asking rapid-fire questions such as, “How did you end up in Finland? How is the situation in Iraq right now? What do you think of Osama bin Laden, and where is he right now? Where is Saddam Hussein hiding? How does it feel to ride a camel? Are you with the war, do you support it? Do women go to bars? And so on.
One channel video. Duration: 00'01'00 min / HD Digital / Stereo / 4:3. Installation: Peephole / Refrigerator / Monitor. Credits: Performer: Mika Hannula.