The Alchemist
Through “The Alchemist”, Amie Barouh wants to archive the resistance of marginalized people through magic tricks; keeping in mind concerns about social boundaries and respecting their cultural norms. Belief; faith, affects the perception we have. That is why she wants to work around magic, the art of manipulation of reality and belief. What you think is real, is not really real. The reality is not what you think. Magic as healing, magic as a political tool, magic as resistance, magic as making miracles, magic as an access to another way of thinking. Amie Barouh would like to combine fieldwork of meeting the different minority communities with her artistic explorations of video ; journaling and use of magic. In her work, she links the need for beliefs with the resilience of discriminated minorities.