Early development of the visual language of the new work and key archival references
Photo gallery above: The Unbearable Right To See and Be Seen, view of exhibition
Solo show, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Nov. 2023
Photography credit: Document Photography
At Her Finest #1, At Her Finest #2, At Her Finest #3, At Her Finest #4
4 prints, each print h 140 cm x w 100 cm
Digital prints on archival rag art paper, 5 editions + 2 A.P.
2023
Photography: Aram El Haddad
In Her Finest
Triptych, each print h 140 cm x 100 cm
Digital prints on archival rag art paper
Photography: Ludwig El Haddad
Trailer of She Rested (2025 - 2026)
A song cycle performance by Aimee Falzon.
Visual art projections by Eddie Abd.
Filmed work in progress by Akil Ahamat.
Trailer edited by Ludwig El Haddad.
Photo Gallery below, Silk Cuts, NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship - Awarded 2022.
Photo credit: Artspace
Now Look Away, Winner Create NSW Emerging Visual Arts (2022) - excerpt
Now Look Away opens a dialogue around the tension between self-referential image making and the perpetuation of orientalist representations in contemporary visual culture. The work references European 19th century orientalist studio photography and the women led practice of cross stitch embroidery of the Ottoman Greater Syria region. Featuring Ludwig El Haddad and Eddie Abd. Derbakeh by Fady Kassab. Digital art: Eddie Abd Videography: Ludwig El Haddad
Silk Cuts, featuring Palestinian embroidery motif Mulberry of Damascus, Winner Create NSW Emerging Visual Arts (2022) - excerpt
Hazelbrook Woman Dressed in her Finery (with the help of the British Museum) #2 - excerpt
Exhibitd at Blue Mountains Portraits - Blue Mountains Cultural Centre (2022)
Performance and digital art: Eddie Abd
Videography: Ludwig El Haddad
In Their Finest, Winner of Blake Prize - Emerging (2021) - excerpt
In Their Finest explores the conservation of tradition as negotiated by families experiencing instability and living on stolen land. It references long exposure Victorian death portraits and the traditional textiles of Greater Syria. As the video unfolds the notions of practicing tradition and social conformity are challenged by an unexpected turbulence within the Family. Featuring Eddie Abd, Ludwig El Haddad, Yasmeen El Haddad, Aram El Haddad.
Digital art: Eddie Abd
Videography: Ludwig El Haddad