Amir Youssef’s work focuses on myth in colonial history, examining how historical narratives are constructed, preserved, and reimagined. It follows two main trajectories: exposing the absurdity of post-colonial war history and transforming religious texts into poetic, transcendent experiences that invite cosmic reflection. Through sculpture, installation, and moving images, Youssef creates mobile objects that challenge the stillness of history as seen in museum displays, reconfiguring their function and meaning. His ongoing research project, Kinemania, explores the cultural obsession with visual motion.

Amir Youssef, born in 1992 in Alexandria, Egypt, lives and works in Alexandria and Paris, France. He is an artist and filmmaker exploring pre-cinema, media archaeology, and visual movement through film, installation, and sculpture. He studied at Alexandria University, École d'Art d'Aix-en Provence, and Le Fresnoy. His work examines historical narratives, post-colonialism, and religious themes. He has exhibited at Visions du Réel, Ars Electronica, Fondation Vasarely, and other international venues.

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Delo Amirja Youssefa se osredotoča na mite znotraj kolonialne zgodovine; preučuje, kako so zgodovinske naracije konstruirane, ohranjene in preoblikovane. Sledi dvema glavnima smerema: razkrivanju absurdnosti postkolonialne vojne zgodovine in preoblikovanju religijskih besedil v poetične, transcendentne izkušnje, ki vabijo h kozmični refleksiji. Youssef z mediji kiparstva, instalacij in gibljivih slik ustvarja mobilne objekte, ki preizprašujejo negibnost zgodovine, kot jo vidimo na muzejskih razstavah, ter na novo konfigurira njihovo funkcijo in pomen. Njegov raziskovalni projekt Kinemanija raziskuje kulturno obsedenost z vizualnim gibanjem.

Amir Youssef se je rodil leta 1992 v Aleksandriji v Egiptu. Živi in ​​dela v Aleksandriji ter Parizu v Franciji. Je umetnik in filmski ustvarjalec, ki z uporabo filma, instalacije in kiparstva raziskuje predkinematografijo, medijsko arheologijo in vizualno gibanje. Študiral je na Univerzi v Aleksandriji, École d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence in Le Fresnoy. Njegovo delo preučuje zgodovinske naracije, postkolonializem in religijske teme. Razstavljal je na Visions du Réel, Ars Electronici, v Fondation Vasarely in drugih mednarodnih prizoriščih.