"Playing on notions of erasure in historical narrative, Tnani deploys the trace as a semiotic index, a sign for the remnant or memory left behind by the act of erasure..."
Elmarsa Tunis is pleased to present Dans l'intervalle entre monument et document, Ali Tnani's first solo exhibition of multimedia works at the gallery curated by Marie Cantos & Aziza Harmel from 15 December 2017 to 27 January 2018.
Through a multi-disciplinary practice that draws equally from installation as drawing, and photography, leading Tunisian conceptual artist Ali Tnani offers an examination of social issues in post-revolutionary Tunisia. Playing on notions of erasure in historical narrative, Tnani deploys the trace as a semiotic index, a sign for the remnant or memory left behind by the act of erasure. An extension of his notion of "counter-spaces" that are simultaneously plastic and political, the trace is understood as a phantom of history. History itself must be recognized as something that has been written, is being written, and will be rewritten again in the future. The trace therefore exposes the inherent contradictions in such narratives and opens a space for questioning the utopic vision of our hyper connected contemporary age.