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title: "At the mercy of waiting"
date: 2022-03-29
last_modified: 2024-11-16T13:58:50+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-17T10:18:28Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/at-the-mercy-of-waiting-context-en/"
description: "Artist Bani Abidi is dedicated to the dark absurdities of everyday life. In her video work \"The Distance from Here\" bureaucracy takes over and waiting becomes an existential task in life."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/header_Schirn_Presse_DF_Maerz_Bani_Abidi_DistanceFromHere_4b.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# At the mercy of waiting