This conversation between Alaa Mansour and curator Edwin Nasr touches on the process, questions, and influences that went into making—and informing—the video-based work The Mad Man’s Laughter, from the US army’s production of military simulations in the aftermath of 9/11, to the French state’s targeted policing of Muslim communities, and asks how artistic practices and methodologies can be mobilized to counter technologies of surveillance.
Access the audio file HERE.