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Teil 4 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13. März - 13. Mai 2013. Kuratorin: Yuko Hasegawa. Mehr als 100 Beteiligte.
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sound cells: FRIDAYS. 2010
Waschmaschinen, Mikrofone und Mikrofonständer, Lautsprecher, Mixer und Soundanlage
The second installation in Magdi Mostafa’s "(sound cells)" series, 2009-2012, is an abstract evocation of the artist’s Cairo neighbourhood, Ardellawa, as heard on Fridays – a day of prayer, but also a day of household chores and cleaning. In this work, old and hand-built washing machines of different makes and sizes – all acquired from the artist’s neighbours – are timed to spin and whirr at various intervals. Microphones amplify their empty rumblings, which are set against the sounds of a Friday sermon that emanates from an imposing tower of thirty speakers. In the recording, a sheikh describes women as vessels that can be used for procreation, much like the empty vessels spinning in the background – machines that themselves symbolise social and cultural values such as technological progress and domesticity.
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sound cells : FRIDAYS
Artikel in: Nafas Kunstmagazin, 2013
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Teil 4 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13. März - 13. Mai 2013. Kuratorin: Yuko Hasegawa. Mehr als 100 Beteiligte.