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Looped screening of films by Tabarak Allah Abbas and Roman Selim Khereddine

The Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève presents a selection of films by Tabarak Allah Abbas and Roman Selim Khereddine on loop from March 11 to April 12, 2026 at L'Arcade.

Image tirée du film de Tabarak Allah Abbas, Mawtini, 2024, représentant deux personnages dessinés de style manga, un homme la main dans les cheveux noirs de la femme.

Tabarak Allah Abbas ,Un Papillon, 2021, 6 min
A journey through three different periods, both geographically and temporally. The story of a second generation of immigrants, still facing the political and economic problems of their predecessors.

Tabarak Allah Abbas,Mawtini, 2024, 13 min
Baghdad, early 1990s, in a reality where humans have given way to cyborgs, a young couple and their newborn baby try to flee their country where war has just broken out. An animated film that recounts a true story and immerses the viewer in a futuristic world.

Roman Selim Khereddine,Gotham Stakes (Frieze), 2025, 9 min 36
Filmed at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, in March 2025, the footage shows horses and jockeys approaching the starting gate before a race.

Roman Selim Khereddine,Time-Eater (Circuit), 2025, 33 min
Time-Eater (Circuit) consists of still images extracted from footage shot by the artist at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York, accompanied by a written essay appearing in the form of subtitles. Is a racetrack too obvious an allegory for late capitalist America? The film paints a portrait of a place, its clientele, and the horse racing industry in the United States as a whole, an industry based on the exploitation not only of animals, but also of human beings.

Tabarak Allah Abbas (b.1998, Valais) is a filmmaker of Iraqi origin based in Geneva. Initially trained as a painter, she discovered in cinema her primary medium of expression. A 2023 graduate of HEAD – Genève, her work explores belonging, exile, and the fragile intersections between memory and imagination.

Roman Selim Khereddine (b. 1989, Zurich) is a visual artist whose work investigates hierarchical and exploitative relationships between humans and animals as a lens to reflect on social and political systems.

Dates and times

from Wednesday 11 March 2026 to Sunday 12 April 2026

Event location

Location name
L'Arcade - Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
Address
Rue de Chantepoulet 1-3 - 1201 Genève
Accessibility

Prices and conditions

Price

5 CHF

Organiser

Proposed by
Centre d'Art Contemporain
Image tirée du film de Tabarak Allah Abbas, Mawtini, 2024, représentant deux personnages dessinés de style manga, un homme la main dans les cheveux noirs de la femme.