PEEPARABIEH - 2014
Photos installation 16 mini polaroids in plexiglass boxes,
4’x3’x2’ each
This piece is composed of a series of 16 mini polaroids, displayed in plexiglass boxes.
These have their front sides designed as a moucharabieh. The moucharabieh has preserved the intimacy of urban householders in Arabic architecture since the Middle Age. As old medina houses were packed and particularly close to each other, this structure allowed people to see what was happening in the street without being seen. By adding the changing color led lights and the peepholes in the middle of the moucharabieh to recall peep shows, the viewer is invited to experience a paradoxical definition of the structure as he’s led to take a voyeur position to see the photographs through the holes.
The present series deals with Arab women's body representations in cyberspace. The polaroids have been taken from amateur videos of women -who are most of the time dancing- that have been stolen and diffused on different websites created to criticize and diminish them.
Spectrum Art Fair, Basel Week - Miami 2014