Now Is The Time To Say Nothing

Now Is The Time To Say Nothing is an interactive video installation exploring the role of screens in observing global conflict. It is a provocation against armchair passivity.

Through rare on the ground footage it follows the real story of Syrian artist Reem Karssli as she captures her daily experience of being housebound during the early years of the Syrian conflict. We see what emerges when she is contacted by a group of teenagers from the UK who want to see beyond the footage they’ve watched on their TVs. Together they co-author an experience which attempts to connect a UK audience to the human story behind the news.

Created over four years, following Reem into an exile which forced her to leave her camera behind, Now Is The Time To Say Nothing is an intimate exploration of what it means to stay connected to each other and of what happens when war and the need for survival gets in the way.