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ThroughArabicpoetry,collectivehistoryandwhatartistSophiaAl-Mariacalls“anassemblageofexquisitecadavermoments”,TenderPointRuintraversesthegifts,thevulnerabilitiesandthedetritusofart-making. Howdowemakeandremakeourselves?ThebodyofTenderPointRuinunravelsthroughaseriesofauralandtextualencounters.Beginningwiththeroguetest(abehaviouralexperimentusingmirrorsandmakeupfromthe70s,whichmappedhowselfrecognitiondevelopsinyoungchildren)andendingwithaconversationwithherfrequentcollaboratordragperformanceartistSinWaiKin. Inmanyways,thefilmisacompanionpiecetoherrecentvideoworkBeastTypeSong,inwhichshebegantoexploreherprofoundlossoffaithinthewrittenform.InTenderPointRuin,Al-Mariareturnstomanyofthesamereferencesandtexts.AnessaywrittentorejectspeechlessnessbyJamaican-AmericanwriterMichelleCliffentitledCaliban’sDaughteristhistimerecitedbyAmericanartistKelseyLu.EtelAdnan,whoseepic1989poemTheArabApocalypse,sofoundationaltoBeastTypeSong,isherecastintheroleofthepoet.HergravellyvoiceaccompaniesimagesofthemoonasshetellsusoftherecurringimagesofdesolateloversinArabicpoetry,theiryearningtellingusofthe“tenderpointofaruin.”Inbetween,weseeUmmKulthum,theiconicEgyptiansinger’sonly1970performanceinParis,performingAl-Atlal.Describingheartbreak,thesongwasoriginallyapoembyIbrahimNagianditstitletranslatesas‘theruins’. InatextexchangeinTenderPointRuin,AlMariaasks“wtfisthepointofart?”—gesturingtotheinevitabilityofruinationwheninlovewithsomethingthatcannotloveyouback.Butlikethepoetrythatfinallyshoresupherfaithinlanguage,theartist’sCGIrenderingsoffuturelandscapesturntechnologiesofhyper-vigilanceintospiritualopenings.Camerasandpinealeyesbecomecompositeandnightvisioncamerasgivewaytoanotherworldthatinvitesustoenterintothespacesbetweentheruins,towanderanddiscover,andtoreachforthemoon.—JemmaDesai SophiaAl-Maria(1983)studiedcomparativeliteratureattheAmericanUniversityinCairo,andauralandvisualculturesatGoldsmiths,UniversityofLondon.Herworkspansmanydisciplinesincludingdrawing,filmandscreenwritingforTV.Hercinematicvideosexplorepostcolonialidentity,imperialism,andcounter-historiesweavingtogethermusic,literature,oralhistory,filmanddance.Herfractured,nonlinearworksareoftencastagainstasciencefictionbackdropandexploretherevisionofhistory,theisolationofindividualsthroughtechnology,andthecorrosiveelementsofconsumerismandindustry.RecentsoloexhibitionsincludeJuliaStoschekCollection,(Düsseldorf,2020),TateBritain,(London,2019–20)andWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt,(NewYork,2016).In2018,shewastheWriter-In-ResidenceatWhitechapelGallery,LondonandshehasaforthcomingGarageMuseumofContemporaryArt,(Moscow,2021). Al-MariawasBFMAF’s2018ArtistinProfileandincludedtheworldpremiereofherfilmTheMagicalStateaswellasawide-rangingselectionofhermovingimagework.