Change Your Life Here was an exhibition with Nikolai Bendix Skyum Larsen in Sharjan, UAE in 2005
The exhibition consisted of a series of works produced during a three-months Sharjah Biennale 7's Artist in Residency Program.
"Home Sweet Home" (2005) A Blind made with the found used international calling cards
"A-Y List" (2005) A list of things given to me during the residency
"List of Names" (2005) A collection of first names given by immigrants workers
"Virgin Mary" (2005) Nine pannel photographs made in collaboration with a student at the Sharjah University
Date: 2005
Duration: 10'45
Format: Shot on Mini DV, colour with sound
Synopsis: The square is completely dominated by men, waiting for jobs, having tea and playing cards. When a female artist comes around asking questions, it opens up for reflections on status; race, class and gender, language and identity in society.
This performative film explores the the boundary between fiction and documentary, by combining vocal or textual narratives with interventions into social and cultural environments, transforming them into poetic language.