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Setting suns and ambient music are a classic combination on Youtube.
They're fan-fiction music videos made out of drifting skies.
Inspired by this phenomenon, Roshanak Amini and Juniper Foam created two video installations that push beyond its immediate beauty and into the socio-political undercurrents hiding in plain sight.
The rhythmic flow of the inhabitants leaving from and returning to the “illegal settlement”, Karail, through a small gravel pathway that appears on the body of water which divides the two worlds, is a sign that nothing remains isolated: that these two worlds, Karail and the rest of Dhaka, seep into one another, into every aspect of “the other’s” everyday life.
The merchandise moves into and out of these two spaces. The labor force which builds and serves those living in the “legal” parts of Dhaka comes from these settlements.
While the flow is constant throughout the day, it escalates during sunrise and sunset.
What is captured here in these videos is the ever-present permeability of Karail.
released November 10, 2023
Video by Roshanak Amini
Music by Juniper Foam
Cover design by Seth Weiner
Mixing and engineering by Felipe Vareschi
Mastering by Giuseppe Ielasi