KHABERNI KEEF

A MUSIC VIDEO
 SYNOPSIS
A person drags himself into an ambiguous community to modify himself into a perfect mold: an
image dictated by society.
An interpretive dance performance on the notions of affection, attachment, & “seeking
approval” in contemporary relationships.

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VIDEO BEATS/STORY
The music video opens with Khansa standing underneath a highway bridge, and is later
picked up by a mysterious car.

Inside an isolated, fancy, yet odd spacious apartment, Khansa walks through the entrance door
into an unexpected atmosphere. He stands still observing shades and silhouettes of bodies
surrounding the space.
 Seconds later, he is approached by a man wearing gloves. The man, whose face is covered with
blood-stained medical bandage cloth, escorts Khansa into a room.

In the intimate room, khansa is centered around a group of bodies. Slowly, a group of gloved hands
start to appear within the frame as they aim towards contacting Khansa.
 The touching escalates into an act of undressing.
Khansa resists, but then submits to the game.

Subsequently, the hands transport khansa into a new room with a big empty
aquarium in the center.
 As the aquarium starts to fill with water, khansa’s body is immersed until he drowns. As the
choreography proceeds, the people lift up Khansa’s body and fetch him between tightly held
sheets in an attempt to dry him. During which, Khansa performs a solo that portrays his inner
resistance as he tries to escape but the hands are always there to pull him back.
 Afterwards, Khansa finds himself in a dark room. In a choreography, four dancers manipulate his
body in different poses as camera flashes spark.

Khansa finds himself alone in new room. Projections of photos start to appear on the wall. The
photos are of his body and face, but violently manipulated, distorted and reshaped.
Bewildered & broken, Khansa helplessly observes the images and tries to feel them. Abruptly, a door
in the room opens and exposes light. Khansa runs towards the light, but yet is violently caught by
more hands. He is dragged onto the final room
 In the final room, Khansa is attached onto a surgical chair surrounded by bodies and medical
equipment. On different parts of his skin, blood starts to run.

The music video ends with a wide “tableau shot”: A group of bodies are collectively stacked like a
renaissance painting, in which all faces are covered with white band-aids with blood stains.
 CONCLUSION

A music video on the notions of affection and attachment in contemporary relationships, signifying
in a visual metaphor a severely destructive state of mind.
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The Team
DIRECTOR
Mohamed Sabbah (Beirut)
 CINEMATOGRAPHER
Jonas Schneider (Berlin)
 CHOREOGRAPHER
Carlos Pons Guerra (Spain)