ATHR, 5TH EDITION OF 21,39
… "the transference, which, whether affectionate or hostile, seemed in every case to constitute the greatest threat to the treatment, becomes its best tool"
Traditionally, these slippers are exposed by
being hung on shop walls in the souks of Damascus or Aleppo. I chose that same
way to exhibit the 144 clay “qobqab” to form a “memorial wall”, reminding us
that wars never end with winners but only with victims.
"…And The Clocks Were Striking Thirteen " exhibition
Jeddah, February 2018
Clay, Earthenware
192x336 cm
… "the transference, which, whether affectionate or hostile, seemed in every case to constitute the greatest threat to the treatment, becomes its best tool"
Freud, S.
Today, 27 years after the Lebanese war stopped, many unresolved
issues remain present. I am one of the lucky survivors. However I carry, buried
deep inside of me, a feeling of loss.
In the same way that the death of a close
friend’s parent can trigger one’s tears and grief over one’s own personal loss,
by transference, the Syrian conflict has unleashed my feelings and my
desire to express my frustration with the Lebanese war, the Syrian war, and
wars in general.
I worked on the “qobqab”, the Syrian sabot, as a
symbol to represent the absence, the loss. The loss of a culture, of an
artisan’s society, of tradition, of a human being, of life.
