listen to accompanying sound composition by The Khoury Project
2014
Commissioned by the Bahrain National Museum
Sinopia I
(The political Graffiti of Bahrain) – What was drawn and written by the people is collaged together with the erasure of their expression by the police. The piece shows the voice of the whole nation, and transforms it into an ambivalent visual aesthetic experience.
Sinopia II
(Skyline of Manama) – A 360 degree view is flattened into one horizontal plane. What emerges is a musical rhythm of Manama, or in other words the sound of of the city. Later, The Khoury Project were commissioned to musically interpret the ‘audio waves’ into a track.
Sinopia (III)
(Al Muharraq) – The colourful facades of the houses are collaged to go beyond the surfaces. The landscape is surreal – just like the feeling one gets when visiting Al Muharraq.
Sinopia (IV)
(The Tree of Life) – No one knows where the Tree of Life gets its water. It is a symbol standing between the sky and earth, uniting the whole nation.
Lightjet prints mounted on matt diasec
3.5 cm aluminum box edge
I. 270 x 180 cm
II. 270 x 60 cm
III. 70 x 54 cm
IV. 100 x 31 cm