In 2015 a right-wing movement called 1% started to provide far right activists with a template that says "Go back home" in Arabic.
Tagging walls near refugee camps was the goal.
At one point i discovered one of these Tags only that someone answered beside it with "No"
GO HOME. Light box, fabric print 240x170cm -
Edition 3+1Ap
Year: 2019
Price: 9000 Euros
1/3: in the German state Collection in Bonn.
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
KULTUR
In light installation Culture is a research about how visual language is. Connecting Two language areas
by replacing one latter. In this case, the Latin "K" was replaced with an Arabic on. The word don't lose its meaning for people who grew up with both alphabets, for others it is simply a glitch.
In general, writing has a purely visual effect and from a certian age the brain mainly translates frames of word and don't analyze each single letter.
The brain in this case stores shapes and
combinations when it comes to daily fast life.
Sold :
1/2 : Collection of Wilhelm Morgner Museum, Soest/Germany
2/2: Private collection
M-EIN LAND "My Land-Is a Land" 2023
In the light installation, M-EIN LAND is research about visual language effects by connecting Two language areas
by replacing one latter. In this case, the Latin "M" was replaced with an Arabic on. The word don't lose its meaning for people who grew up with both alphabets, for others it is simply a glitch.
In general, writing has a purely visual effect and from a certain age the brain mainly translates word frames and don't analyze each single letter.
The brain in this case stores shapes and
combinations when it comes to daily fast life.
Year: 2023
Size: 270x70 cm
Material: Acrylic Glass, Wood
Edition: 1/2
Price : 9500 Euro
ARABIC GREATINGS "Tahya Arabia" 2016
This work is referring to the refugee situation in 2016 when Europa started to close its borders for refugees coming from the Middle East and Africa
Sold
in the collection of the Ost sächsische Sparkasse, Dresden