Category: Installation
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No Word for Blue
Info: Series of 6 glass sculptures. Sizes approx 5 – 15 cm. Text: No Word for Blue began as a collection of artillery fragments that I gathered from sand dune landscapes in nature reserves throughout Germany, which were also all former military training areas. These corroded fragments were then cast into glass using an Ancient…
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Two Unequal Winds
Info: Photo series of 8 images; archival pigment print; framed; 82.5 x 110 cm Text: Two Unequal Winds features a series of landscape photographs captured in military training areas across Germany. This work examines why the military, both past and present, has occupied these particular landscapes for their operations, raising the question: what role does sand…
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Until the River Winds Ninety Degrees West – 57th Venice Biennale Iraq Pavilion
‘Until the River Winds Ninety Degrees West’, Iraq Pavilion 57th Venice Biennale Info: Group exhbition with Francis Alÿs comprising 7 vitrines in the Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Venice. Site-specific installation in 1 vitrine; dimensions 140 x 165 cm; clay, cloth, sand, water, rocks, archival pigment print photo collage, photogravure. Text: The commission for the 57th Venice Biennale…
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Shadows
Info: Photo series of 10 images; archival pigment print, 46 x 66 cm. Edition of 5 + 2 AP. Private collection, London, UK. Exhibited: Marrakech Biennale 6, Gallery Mario Kreuzberg, NYU ISAW Text: The work ‘Shadows’ is a series of ten digitally modified photographs from the Department of Defense Operation Iraqi Freedom archive. Each photograph…
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Formation
Info: Photo installation of 4 images; archival pigment print; 80 x 116 cm, 80 x 109 cm, 80 x 112 cm, 80 x 125 cm Text: The Externsteine are a sandstone rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, north west of Germany. These rocks struck me as they stood tall, forming a family portrait. Bearing…
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How Can I See What You Saw?
Published by the Ruya Foundation: https://ruyafoundation.org/en/2017/03/4625/ Photo courtesy of Nadine Hattom It is said that my grandfather, Ghareeb Jabur Al Saddawi, a silversmith, owned a shop on River Street in Baghdad. And every year, he made the long journey to Egypt to sell his creations. He was so skilled that if you found one of his silver…
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Maysaa and Fetheya
Info: Diptych; Light box (2); 89 x 103.3 x 15 cm; Edition of 5 + 2 AP Exhibited: Großer Wasserspeicher Berlin, Gallery Mario Kreuzberg Text: I travelled to Jordan with the intent to visit the Al Zaatari refugee camp on the Jordanian border. The Arab Women Organisation (AWO) advised me against visiting the camp as…