top of page

RUINS

Yasmine Laraqui

—

What remains is the sensation of having searched for something that was never there.

RUINS
WORK DETAILS

Creator

Location

Yasmine Laraqui

—

OURIKA, MOROCCO

Year

Practice

2014

Cast: Ould Belaid Director/Editor: Yasmine Laraqui

ABOUT THE WORK

The video was shot on the outskirts of Marrakech, in an abandoned farm with the
architecture and atmosphere of a riad. The space is empty, worn, and partially in ruin.
The camera follows a child running through the site, as if engaged in a game of hide and
seek. Movement suggests play, pursuit, and expectation, but nothing is ever found. Rooms
open onto other empty rooms, corridors lead nowhere, and the space remains silent and
deserted.

The camera stays close, trailing the child without catching up. What begins as a game
slowly reveals itself as a passage through absence. The setting offers no refuge, no
encounter, no resolution — only the repetition of thresholds and the persistence of motion.
The video ends on a window closing. It is a simple gesture that interrupts the chase and
seals the space. The game does not conclude; it is cut off. What remains is the sensation
of having searched for something that was never there.

DOCUMENTATION

-

I Don't Get It

2026

-

ASSEMBLY LINE

2026

-

Bloom

2026

19:00

Bluffflake

2026

2:00

The Bouncing Eye

2024

-

Mahdavi

2026

-

WAKE UP

2026

-

Music for the Entangled Garden

2026

​

impact with a power supply box

2024

2:20

Picky Eden: Genesis II

2026

-

A Better Past Tomorrow

2026

-

Woven echoes

2024

-

Artificial Nostalgia

2026

-

THIS IS NOT A CHAIR

2026

-

Hephaestion

2025

-

before everything has a name

2026

-

On Touching

2026

-

La Petite Fabrique

2026

2:00

Sun Deity

2026

-

Works from Shuborna Islam

2025

bottom of page