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Like an Event in a Dream Dreamt by Another—Insomnia
by di Firas Shehadeh
Palestine, 2025, 33’48”
Notti di mezza estate – 15th edition
LANGUAGE: ov: English; st: Italian
Palestinian players modify the software of a role-playing video game to trigger acts of resistance and build new worlds. They do not do this as an escape from reality, but as a form of survival: “This is my game, this is my land,” they affirm. The viewer is thus faced with a disorienting parallel between the current reality of Palestine and the virtually created world. The voiceover accompanying the game’s protagonist alternates between historical references that draw a parallel between Israeli colonialism and the colonialism that led to the founding of the United States, and a narration about the current situation in Gaza: a genocide live-streamed.
A commission of the 14th Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre (2025).
Firas Shehadeh (Amman, 1988) is a Palestinian artist and researcher. He lives and works between Vienna and Barcelona. His practice focuses on the intersection of art, technology, and politics, with particular attention to postcolonialism and forms of digital resistance. He primarily works with video, installations, and public space interventions, exploring themes such as surveillance, memory, and identities in postcolonial contexts. He has exhibited at international festivals and biennials, including the Berlinale and the Bienal do Mercosul.
Selected Filmography
Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another — Insomnia (2025), Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another — Rehearsal (2023), T,WYAN_appendix (2022), There, Where You Are Not (2022), Live Fast Die Young (2019), Never Here Cool Memories (2018), Guerrilla 8‑bit (2013)
Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another — Insomnia (2025), Like An Event In A Dream Dreamt By Another — Rehearsal (2023), T,WYAN_appendix (2022), There, Where You Are Not (2022), Live Fast Die Young (2019), Never Here Cool Memories (2018), Guerrilla 8‑bit (2013)