The Egyptian artist, who studied in France before moving to New York, talks to us as the CCCOD devotes two exhibitions to her in Tours, nearly 20 years after her first appearance at the art centre.
Why did you decide to rework your installation "Cactus Painting" for the third time, in the main hall of the CCCOD? When I began it in 1998, funding was withdrawn in the middle of the assembly stage and we couldn't buy all the cactuses. So it couldn't be finished. In fact, I called it "Cactus Painting Unfinished". The second time, in 2000, Alain Julien-Laferrière, the director of the CCC, which was located at that time in Rue Marcel Tribut, suggested setting it up in a room inside. I didn’t have time to think it out properly; it was too small, and there wasn’t much light. So for me, this version is the first to have been truly finalised and carried through. Also, I really like reactivating works, because in the beginning I didn’t approach these installations in a scientific or architectural way, so there were often problems. One day, I finally realised…
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