Finis Terrae continues the artist’s long-term research into the relationship between time,
space and geography.

The video was shot throughout March and April of 2018 in the area marked by the
lighthouses Stiff, Kéréon, Phare du Créac’h, La Jument, Phare d’Eckmühl, Saint-Mathieu and
Phare de Nividic. Having long been drawn to the profound relationship of time to objects
and spaces, Ali Kazma now focuses on the lighthouses as these structures contain many links
to the history and the socio-economical make-up of the areas they are located in. Marking
the extreme points on the map around the passages and borders between the sea and the
land, lighthouses have endured the harsh conditions of nature for centuries while providing
safe passage to people in transit.

In this sense, Finis Terrae can be considered a continuation of Ali Kazma’s previous works
such as Absence (2011), Safe (2015), North (2017) which reflect on human constructions
that resist time.

[Barbara Polla 2019]