Manal Sadiq 1

My work is an exploration of spatial possibilities created with the help of light and mundane objects. The boundary between the object and light is blurred in order to create an ephemeral experience. I use light as an analogy for the object as the light itself becomes the object and the object is merely a carrier of light. They involve the spectator to respond to the choreographed conditions of light and darkness making it an abstraction of something concrete. The lit up voids will form a composition which brings rhythm and movement to the rigidity of the object. When it is enveloped with the surroundings, the object confines light into a form which becomes the content. The void is never unspoken and that is what my installations and sculptures ought to be about. Light pushes the viewers to have a bodily encounter with the object , to have a moment of concrete engagement with the intangibility of light. My works are mostly invasive; isolating; and crude, yet undeniably real, present and alive.

Manal Sadiq manalsadiq@gmail.com

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Title: The Void is Not SilentSize: 92 x 36cmMedium: Light Bulbs + WoodDate: October 2014Starting off with two basic colors of light, red and blue, the voids were filled with colored light. The effect when it’s enveloped with the surroundings, confining light into a form which becomes the content.

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Title: The Void is Not Silent II (RGB)Size: 12x 12 inch Each box.Medium: Light Bulbs + WoodDate: October 2014

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Title: Curiosity bound.Size: 17 x 9 Ft Room InstallationMedium: Laser light , Metal trunkDate: November 2014

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Size: Approx. 9x17 inchesMedium: LED strip light, saucepanDate: December 2014

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Title: Bird’s Eye ViewSize: 17 x 9 Ft Room InstallationMedium: LED light + Switch Box rearDate: March 2015

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Title: Sparkling Blood Size: 8 x 9 Ft WallInstallationMedium: LED rope lightDate: March 2015

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Size: Approx 28 inches highMedium: LED strip light + Orange ConeDate: November 2014

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Size: Approx 3.5 inches highMedium: Light BulbDate: December 2014

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Size: Approx 18 inches highMedium: Laser LightDate: February 2015

Manal Sadiq 12

Size: Approx 19 inches highMedium: Led Light + PlasticDate: March2015

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Size: Approx 14 inches highMedium: Led Light + PlasticDate: March2015

Manal Sadiq 14

Title: Gender Under pressureSize: 6x8 ftMedium: Tube light+ Metal RodDate: January 2015

Manal Sadiq 15

Title: That DialogueSize: Approx 1.5x2.5 ftMedium: Bulb +TVDate: March2015

Manal Sadiq 16

Title: Shadow PlaySize: Approx 1.5x2.5 ftMedium: Bulb +TVDate: April 2015

Manal Sadiq 17

Title: Space UnderliningSize: Approx 3x3 ftMedium: Tube lightDate: April 2015

Manal Sadiq 18

Size: Approx 5x 6 ftMedium: MixDate: April 2015

Manal Sadiq 19

Size: 17x9 ft room InstallationMedium: Bulb + woodDate: April 2015

Manal Sadiq 20

Title: TV RiotSize: Approx 8.5 ftMedium: Bulb +TVDate: January 2015

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Title: Grid SiestaSize: Approx 3.5 x8 ftMedium: Led + Metal structureDate: April 2015

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Size: Approx 3.5 x5 ftMedium: Led bulbDate: March 2015

Manal Sadiq 24

Title: Light GrocerySize: Approx 3.5 x8 ftMedium: Led + tube lights + Metal structureDate: May 2015

Manal Sadiq 25

Title: SpinSize: Average Washing machineMedium: Led Date: May 2015