Sultan Bin Fahad Saudi, b. 1971
Possession, 2020
Video Projection
Variable size
This video came from a single moment in Al‑Rawdah at Al-Masjid an‑Nabawi: Sultan pauses by the luminous screen that orders the flow of visitors and films what unfolds. Hundreds of...
This video came from a single moment in Al‑Rawdah at Al-Masjid an‑Nabawi: Sultan pauses by the luminous screen that
orders the flow of visitors and films what unfolds. Hundreds of hands, faces
and gestures press toward the barrier a tangible expression of longing and a
collective attempt to touch the sacred. The work records that crowded intimacy
without explanation, leaving each viewer to meet their own question. Hands
searching for God become hands we recognise: a simultaneously concrete and
abstract journey toward the divine
orders the flow of visitors and films what unfolds. Hundreds of hands, faces
and gestures press toward the barrier a tangible expression of longing and a
collective attempt to touch the sacred. The work records that crowded intimacy
without explanation, leaving each viewer to meet their own question. Hands
searching for God become hands we recognise: a simultaneously concrete and
abstract journey toward the divine
