Poltergeist
The term ‘poltergeist’ refers to a paranormal phenomenon that manifests itself with noise and moving objects. For her project, Farah Al Qasimi revisits the 1982 film Poltergeist, which depicts a house haunted by malevolent spirits. Overlaying photographs and videos, the installation parodies the strangeness of contemporary domestic living space. These images highlight the almost supernatural energies that infiltrate our homes: smart appliances, advertising algorithms and connected systems contaminate private space and take control of our daily lives. In an age of technological addiction, Poltergeist offers an amusing commentary on our compulsive need to buy products for our home interiors, which seem increasingly inhabited by objects and haunted by human beings.
