CHUCK-A: MEMORY UNDER RUBBLE (Ongoing Project)

Title: Chock-A: Memory Under the Rubble
Year: 2024–2025
Format: Stop-Motion Animation | Mixed Media | Archival Footage
Duration: 15–20 min
Status: Work in Progress
Logline
In a post-apocalyptic world, fragmented electrical wires awaken to reclaim their lifeblood, rediscover lost memories, and unite against overwhelming forces.
Synopsis
Chock-A’s scattered parts awaken from their graves with no memory of what happened. Surrounded by debris, they are accused by other entities living outside the Projector Device of causing the destruction. Forcefully expelled, Chock-A seeks refuge in an adjacent room — a place of hunger, violence, and constant pressure.
After several failed escape attempts, hope emerges when, following a washing machine explosion, the fragmented parts merge into a single body under immense pressure, giving birth to a new creature named Chokka.
In disguise, Chock-A returns to his homeland with childlike curiosity, gathering electrical wires and exploring the ruins. But when one hand becomes caught in the broken projector’s exit, it triggers the device, flashing fragments of his story. With each revelation, hidden wires form barriers around him.
In a decisive act, Chock-A uses his other hand to seize the projector, revealing the explosion that destroyed the building — proving his innocence. Reclaiming his strength and courage, the wires rise with him before falling to the ground, leaving behind a testament of resilience and truth.
Visual Moments from Chock-A’s Journey
Credits
Concept, Direction & Animation: Hiba G. Isleem
Residencies:
Character created during the Artists’ Residency organized by A.M Qattan Foundation, Visual Arts Studio, Ramallah, 2022.
Dar Qandeel for Arts & Culture (Palestine, 2024)