The Way of the Future
Single-channel UHD video (color), 2-channel sound, 8'02". 2025
Set against the hauntingly desolate backdrop of The Last of Us video game, The Way of the Future follows a lone Palestinian figure traversing a decayed, where echoes of resistance and displacement reverberate through the hollow ruins. The sound design, deeply rooted in the auditory textures of Palestine—prayers and “israeli” drones—brings a dislocated yet familiar reality. As the protagonist moves through these fragmented spaces, their journey becomes an allegory for the ongoing Palestinian struggle: a fight not only for physical territory but for the survival of identity, memory, and visibility. Blurring the lines between the physical and media landscapes, the film explores a future where the Palestinian cause transcends borders and occupies the global consciousness, a spectral nation fighting to reclaim existence in a political world order that continuously erases them.