the initial symmetric, isometric and equal, january-june 2015 beirut, lebanon
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The initial Symmetric, isometric and equal, January-June 2015 Beirut, Lebanon Project Brief Synopsis: This project takes as its point of departure two prison structures: That of Tazmamart prison in Morocco, as described by Ahmed Marzouki in his memoir Tazmamart: Cell No. 10 (2011), and that of Tadmor prison in Syria, as described by Bara Sarraj in his memoir From Tadmor to Harvard (2011). “Transcribing” from the survivors’/witnesses’ minute descriptions, and drawing from William Blake’s poem The Tyger, I try to fathom these structures through plans, models, footprints, paintings.
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Clay sculpture, 27 pieces, 2015
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Statement on this footprint (left): in Arabic
مغترب عن بلدته قسراً، بلدته التى تبعد مسافة األربع ساعات بالباص عن سوري ، قدما شابلدقيقتين، تم طبع تلك القدمين على قالب الطين
العاصمة. العاصمة التى وسطها يقبع ذلك المبنى المدجج بالحراسة والذى فى قبوه تستقر تلك الحجرة، الحجرة التى تحدث ذلك الراوى عن
دقيقتين على قالب الطين. لذات ال لك الشاب فترة وقوفهحاله وقوفه داخلها لثالثة أيام، الحالة التى مكثت لدقيقتين أصفها لذ
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Left: Clay Sculpture, 2 pieces, 2015
Right: Footprint, Acrylic on canvas, 30*30cm, 2015
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From Left to right:
Infinite letters, Acrylic on Canvas, 30*30, 2015
Fearful Symmetry, Acrylic on Canvas, 30*30, 2015
Infinite numbers, Acrylic on Canvas, 30*30, 2015
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Statement on this painting (left): in Arabic
األنبوب.الغرفة ذات حالة نوم السجناء فى
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Left: Sleeping, Acrylic on Canvas, 40*50cm, 2015
Right: the Room with the pipe, pen on paper, 8.27 × 11.69 inches, 2015
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Pen on paper, isometric paper, 2015
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58=∞, Acrylic on Canvas, 40*50cm, 2015