In a darkened space, two bodies circle, press, and push—sculpting a topography of tension. Their friction sets the tone for Rub, Rock, Earth. Throat Clearing (2025), following Asue*—who arrived with Gambra* and Schiama* at the Ursuline convent in Bruneck on January 11, 1855. Starting from landscape (Édouard Glissant), the Alps appear as materialized time: strata of sediments and histories (German: Ge/schichten) shaping earth and society. At its core: the Insubric Line—the fault where the African and European plates meet. A dense soundscape and an offscreen voice trace gaps in the archive; Asue*, Schiama*, and Gambra* surface alongside Niccolò Olivieri, revealing entanglements of missionary practice and the abduction of African children. Rather than reconstruction, the video performs a throat-clearing (Tina Campt): a pause, a breath, an opening for what is spoken—and what remains unsaid.

Rub. Rock. Earth. Throat Clearing (2025)
two-screen, loop, color & sound, 16:9, 6 min

director: Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, performance: Magdalena Krssakova & Narges Mohseni, text & dramaturgy: Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, director of photography: İklim Doğan, soundrecording, -composition, & -mixing: Bassano Bonelli Bassano, light & technical support: Nick Prokesch, editing & production: Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński & Liesa Kovacs, postproduction & color grading: İklim Doğan, titles and credits design: Guilherme Maggessi

The production of Rub. Rock. Earth. Throat Clearing (2025) was supported by the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS).