Basalt statue of King Shalmaneser II, 858-824 BCE (Neo-Assyrian Period) Found at Qala’t Sharqat in Iraq, which is Northwest of Baghdad. Nice beard.
Wa Waila “Oh Torment” (2009) - Short Film by Monira Al Qadiri
“Wa Waila” (Oh Torment) is a surreal film based on an old Kuwaiti folk song, who’s words are almost like a trance of sadness. I used this aesthetic as a metaphor for this film, interpreting it as a vehicle for personal grief : the film depicts love lost, displacement, gender identity, and death in an extremely visual manner. It can be described as visual poetry. I personally enacted the main male “singer”, and all the roles of men and women are swapped in the film. - MQ
Music Direction by Fatima Al Qadiri
“Tragedy Twin” (Top) from “The Tragedy of Self” Series - Kuwaiti Artist Monira Al Qadiri
In my series “The Tragedy of Self”, I have focused on th social context of the modern age, in which I feel the “I” is more prominent than the “We”. Individual narcissism is rampant every where we look, and I am very keen to explore this condition. But instead of just looking at it from a critical viewpoint, I have decided to realize it: physically. I have taken photographs of myself as a masculine saint-like figure, in order to display the joy and tragedy which come with individual narcissism. I have become the bearded Arab man I envision, and experienced his solitary love of self. - MQ
Jonathan Hobin Re-Creates the World’s Most Infamous Tragedies with Children
more of the album here
Well, Holy Shit.