Susan Hefuna
* 1962 Germany; Egyptian-German origin.
MIRAGE 07. 2006/2007
Billboard, high reflective glass.
250 x 150 x 800 cm
Installed on the square in front of the Souq Al-Arsa
The artist about her work
In November 2006, as I was flying back from Dubai to Frankfurt, images appeared in my mind: buildings, grid structures, high-reflecting glass, in blue and green everywhere. I remembered a big billboard with an advertisement; the 3- dimensional billboard becomes a building in itself – a big photograph of a landscape, mountains, a street, all mounted on that billboard.
In December 2006, I saw the 3-dimensional billboard in Dubai again: an advertisement for Dubai Properties and Porsche Towers. Inspired by the billboard, I decided to install a glass building, 800 cm wide, 250 cm high and 150 cm deep, made of high-reflecting blue glass; the installation will be at a crossroads in the Heritage area of Sharjah. Only a part of the building will be transparent, the letters reading: MIRAGE 07. The crossroads where people usually walk will be blocked by this alien, reflecting-glass building.
© Susan Hefuna. From the catalogue of Sharjah Biennial 8, 2007.
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
3ª parte del foto tour por la Bienal de Sharjah 8, 4 abril - 4 junio 2007. Directora de la Bienal: Hoor Al Qasimi. Director artístico: Jack Persekian. Curadores: Mohammed Kazem, Eva Scharrer, Jonathan Watkins. 79 artistas y grupos.