“The greatest failure is the failure to try.”
Bio:
Born in 1981; brought up in a French school, Hiba Aboulhosn discovered Lebanon after the war had ended. In 2002, Hiba –also known as Hibsy- obtained her Bachelor of Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut. Upon graduation, she joined the motion graphics department at New TV. In December 2006, she earned her Masters degree in Animation from the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland.
Hibsy enjoys experimenting with various techniques and disciplines, and tackles matters with wit and good humor. Having been a scout leader, a committed Greenpeace activist, a home-care nurse assistant, she never misses on any opportunity to engage herself in social and environmental issues, to make positive change.
Statement:
‘Happy’, ‘sad’, ‘angry’, ‘scared’; words we use to express our feelings. They are just acoustical sounds that do not say enough about what we feel. We relate to them in symbols and icons, and understand such invisible concepts through our physical and mental experience.
My interest in my experimental animations and designs is to explore the motion of our mental vision during our experience of an emotion, and to recreate this experience using motion on screen –exploring the basic media elements such as rhythm, movement, color, frame, and sound. My abstract projection on screen is unfinished work that would only be completed by the viewer’s reaction or response to it.
Can emotional language create mental images? Or vice versa? My main motivation is not to reach a conclusion, but rather to give the viewer and I, a foundation to think from without providing any answers.
Insecurity... inhibition... lack of confidence... self-doubt...
Being insecure is asking if your hair looks ok; it’s not looking at someone in the eye as you speak; it’s fear when there’s nothing to be afraid from; it’s a heart beating so fast, and a breath tightening.
“Can I make it? Am I up to it? Feels like a knot in my stomach... Would they believe in me? Do I believe in myself? Does it matter what they think? It feels like I’m walking naked on the busiest street of Beirut... Feels like I should hide behind the closest tree... Are they looking? Does it make a difference? My legs feel heavy... my mind, blocked... my body, at the edge, and not brave enough to cross... those imaginary barriers, the illusion of an edge, the feeling of fear and desire.”
The Human being is continuously faced with doubt of his/her competence and potential. And when living in a relatively patriarchal society, women, in particular, feel less confident about their capabilities. They block their dreams, suppress their desires, and hold back their potential; in order to keep the image that they have imposed on themselves.
This feeling of insecurity is the journey of the mind that I want to look into. A trip, we have all taken. An edge, we sometimes or continuously live on. An experience we cannot escape. An internal fight that lingers, and can be won!
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