Younes Ben Slimane is an architect and artist. He studied at the National School of Architecture and Urban Planning in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia. The Tunis based Jaou Festival hosted his first exhibition «Ready-to-Burn» in 2018. In 2019, he participated in collective exhibitions as «Conscious Landscapes» at the Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje; «Climbing through the tide» at B7L9; «El kasma» during Gabes cinema Fen, and « Homogeneus » at the french Institut Français of Tunis. He was an artist-in-residence at Dar Eyquem and «Les ateliers coteaux». His documentary short film, «All Come From Dust», won the Golden Tanit in Carthage Film Festival, and was officially selected in Locarno Film Festival, Pardi di domani competiton, «Passaggi : intrecci mediterranei » in , and Pravo Ljudski Film Festival in Sarajevo and it will be screening in Clermont Ferrand film festival.

project

Shape of Death

If death is an indeterminate substance, how could we measure it, grasp it.

Death is sometimes a spatial configuration embodied by white plastic chairs. In each house, it follows the shape of the house and aligns with its walls: the chairs will change layout according to the spatial configuration of the house, just like the water takes the shape of its container. It is also this volume that we dig; these gestures that inhabit those who make graves to finally let the body rest. A volume that embodies beliefs and customsPlease click on the below images to enlarge them.

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