This video installation "A Letter Can Always Reach Its Destination" by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige features people reading text from spam and scam emails. The artists have been collecting junk emails for more than a decade and turned their content into captivating monologues.
'A Letter Can Always Reach its Destination' —
This video installation "A Letter Can Always Reach Its Destination" by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige features people reading text from spam and scam emails. The artists have been collecting junk emails for more than a decade and turned their content into captivating monologues.
"To My Brother" is a series of 60 hand carvings on paper by Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji, taken from photographs of his brother's wedding. Two years after the wedding, Batniji's brother was killed by an Israeli sniper in the First Intifada. The carvings look like blank pieces of paper from a distance.
'To My Brother' —
"To My Brother" is a series of 60 hand carvings on paper by Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji, taken from photographs of his brother's wedding. Two years after the wedding, Batniji's brother was killed by an Israeli sniper in the First Intifada. The carvings look like blank pieces of paper from a distance.
"China" by Lebanese artist Raed Yassin is a series of seven Chinese porcelain vases depicting battles from Lebanon's Civil War of 1975 to 1990. He describes the vases as "part-beautiful object, part-historical document, and part-mass-produced product."
'China' —
"China" by Lebanese artist Raed Yassin is a series of seven Chinese porcelain vases depicting battles from Lebanon's Civil War of 1975 to 1990. He describes the vases as "part-beautiful object, part-historical document, and part-mass-produced product."
In "A Glimpse of Clean History," Egyptian artist Wael Shawky offers a critical twist on a scene from history. His work is a three-dimensional puppet theater with ceramic marionettes, based on a painting by French painter Jean Fouquet of Pope Urban II giving a speech which is believed to have led to the launch of the First Crusade a year later in 1096. Shawky's places his theater behind a curtain which only opens for a minute at a time, giving a glimpse of the scene behind.
A Glimpse of Clean History' —
In "A Glimpse of Clean History," Egyptian artist Wael Shawky offers a critical twist on a scene from history. His work is a three-dimensional puppet theater with ceramic marionettes, based on a painting by French painter Jean Fouquet of Pope Urban II giving a speech which is believed to have led to the launch of the First Crusade a year later in 1096. Shawky's places his theater behind a curtain which only opens for a minute at a time, giving a glimpse of the scene behind.
In "The Seven Seas," Pakistani artist Risham Syed has traced maps of Victorian trading routes -- still relevant today -- on quilts. Apart from being trade gateways, the cities depicted were also sites of resistance and rebellionag against the British imperial powers.
'The Seven Seas' —
In "The Seven Seas," Pakistani artist Risham Syed has traced maps of Victorian trading routes -- still relevant today -- on quilts. Apart from being trade gateways, the cities depicted were also sites of resistance and rebellionag against the British imperial powers.