The Way of the Future
Single-channel UHD video (color), 2-channel sound, 8'02". 2025

Set against the hauntingly desolate backdrop of The Last of Us video game, The Way of the Future follows a lone Palestinian figure traversing a decayed, where echoes of resistance and displacement reverberate through the hollow ruins. The sound design, deeply rooted in the auditory textures of Palestine—prayers and “israeli” drones—brings a dislocated yet familiar reality. As the protagonist moves through these fragmented spaces, their journey becomes an allegory for the ongoing Palestinian struggle: a fight not only for physical territory but for the survival of identity, memory, and visibility. Blurring the lines between the physical and media landscapes, the film explores a future where the Palestinian cause transcends borders and occupies the global consciousness, a spectral nation fighting to reclaim existence in a political world order that continuously erases them.

Commissioned by Galerie d'art Forde, Geneva, Switzerland.
Curated by Mina Squalli-Houssaïni and Asma Barchiche. Forde & The Funambulist.


Selected Exhibitions and Screenings:
2026 — Kayfa ta, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2025 — Narrating [with] the Videogame Image, Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain

2025 — Almost Every Day, Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), Cairo, Egypt
2025 — The Way of the Future. Introduced by Matteo Bittanti, Milan Machinima Festival - VRAL, Milan, Italy
2025 — Security / Borders, OFF-Biennale Budapest, Hungary
2025 — D’abord les fraises, puis les fleurs, Galerie d’art Forde, Geneva, Switzerland