Sunken Sunbeats
Sunken Sunbeats, Stop motion animation with sound, 4.45 min, 2019
A cast of mini-dictators, reluctant feminists made out of Orientalist postcards, my version of the Egyptian sky goddess Nout, who swallows and gives birth to the sun every 24 hours, come together in this liberation poem. The animation fluidly combines elements from ancient Egyptian mythology, anti-colonial struggle, and current politics to collapse simple notions of post-colonialism, through the artist’s feminist lens. This animation was done with support from the BRIC Media Fellowship
Breathing Through the Cracks of the Impossible Machine
Breathing Through the Cracks of the Impossible Machine was a series of works created for a solo show at Trestle Gallery (2021).
“Through collages with painted canvas, fabric, and paper, Toukhy creates layered pieces combining images of herself, female family members who sew, and women workers in the cotton industries. Women’s work in textile production and on cotton plantations, historically unrecognized and exploited both in the U.S. and in Egypt, provides a connecting legacy in which Toukhy also places herself, considering the high unemployment rate and gender pay gap present in the arts economy today.” - from press release