Larissa Sansour

Amos Rex is proud to present the first major solo exhibition of Palestinian-Danish video and installation artist Larissa Sansour (b. 1973) in Finland. Past, present and possible futures meet in a darkly expressive exhibition in which political but universally human topical issues interweave with imagined realities using the narrative methods of science fiction, documentary and opera.

The cinematic, precise visuality of Larissa Sansour’s work invites you to immerse yourself in a future landscape where it is possible to think differently. From the loss of the Palestinian people to the persistent threat of environmental catastrophe, the exhibition expands into studies of grief, memory and inherited trauma. Sansour’s work uses the speculative narrative of science fiction to peer into the future, as well as experimental visuality. Through her work, Sansour re-imagines the history of a nation on the brink of annihilation and of her homeland. The artist’s own lived experience and heritage are the sources of her artistic production.

The exhibition is an opportunity to pause and reflect not only on the long history of this conflict but also on broader issues of national identity, shared human experiences, and collective memory.

The exhibition unfolds through seven video and installation works and their narrative progresses – from heavy burden of trauma to the exhilaration of a moon landing. Made between 2009 and 2022, the works are narrative and cinematic, with a combined duration of 92 minutes. If you want to see the works from start to finish, please reserve enough time for your visit. The spoken language of the works is Arabic, with subtitles in English, Finnish and Swedish. One artwork also has subtitles in Arabic.

The Larissa Sansour exhibition is on display at Amos Rex from 9 October 2024 to 2 March 2025, curated by Terhi Tuomi.