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Installation project "Instead of the dance"Ā
was exhibitedĀ in Art Hub Gallery.Ā Abu Dhabi, UAE.Ā
April-May,Ā 2016
was exhibitedĀ in Art Hub Gallery.Ā Abu Dhabi, UAE.Ā
April-May,Ā 2016
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The installation is based on the historical character of Arabic dance where young girls are shaking their heads and their long hair is flying through the air. The magic of this action is fascinating and absorbing you. However the feelings that you have when watching dance are ambivalent. On the one hand- unbridled passionate wild energy of the dance. But on the other hand- it's a shock. Young girls who perform a dance are underage and men who sing the songs and look at them with desire are over them three times. They picked up their wives, it is a tradition. It made a strong and terrible impression for me.
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There are documentary images of the real young girls in this project. They perform this dance. This is the background and foundation of the sense of the installation.
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