Priscilla Benyahia
Zeit, Zeit, Zeit, 2024
Four-color silkscreen on human hair, hairspray, tulle, and pins
32 x 17 cm
12 5/8 x 6 3/4 in
12 5/8 x 6 3/4 in
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Zeit, meaning “oil” in Arabic, refers both to the widespread use of oil as a remedy for a range of ailments and to the oral transmission of care practices and...
Zeit, meaning “oil” in Arabic, refers both to the widespread use of oil as a remedy for a range of ailments and to the oral transmission of care practices and rituals. The series presents skin oil packaging, reworked and screen-printed onto hair itself.
This work shows an oil packaging labeled “Oil Snack,” the result of a mistranslation. This error exposes a lack of clear control in the import-export circulation of the product and limited ingredient transparency, highlighting broader systemic contradictions and echoing global flows in which goods and migration are intertwined.
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