Mohammed Kazem
A pioneer in the use of video and new technologies in artistic creation in the United Arab Emirates.
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In his works titled "Directions", he uses the coordinates of various sites as precisely determined with the aid of the satellite navigation system GPS (Global Positioning System). He fills the plastic numbers with soil and stones from various geographic locations and presents an installation in which GPS coordinates and elevation figures are supplemented with the time and date. Kazem’s interest here is the thought that nothing is immovable, because time constantly passes and the position of moving objects continuously changes.
At the Sharjah Biennial 2003, Kazem showed a video installation. From a boat, he threw wooden boards marked with geographical coordinates into the sea, abandoning them to the wind and current – a metaphor suggesting that people and things can go beyond the boundaries of their original places. His artistic action refers not only to the natural environment, but also to society, and rebels against physical, political, and spatial barriers.
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A pioneer in the use of video and new technologies in artistic creation in the United Arab Emirates.