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Muhannad Shono, On Finding Meaning No. 1, 2022

Muhannad Shono Saudi, b. 1977

On Finding Meaning No. 1, 2022
Graphite drawing on wood, generated by a robotic sculpture with graphite tips
96 x 48 in.
244.0 x 122.0 x 0.0 cm
Notes:
Diptych: 122 x 244 each
Commissioned by Diriyah Biennale Foundation for the Contemporary Art Biennale 2021 The sculptural machine was created in collaboration with Factum Arte calip.er with the robotics work of Benjamin Panreck and...
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Commissioned by Diriyah Biennale Foundation for the Contemporary Art Biennale 2021


The sculptural machine was created in collaboration with Factum Arte calip.er with the robotics work of Benjamin Panreck and technologist Noah Feehan. Original audio composition by soledxb, is a collaborative composition titled, Chasing the Sun's Shadow, and was created and composed by Orbital Patterns, Quintin Christian, and Rajat Malhotra, using modular synthesis, organic found sounds, and audio excerpts of conversations with the artist. At the heart of this work is Shono’s belief that words are mere symbols given meaning by their social context.

As the form traverses a performative space, it moves freely, creating its own marks as it loses its original form, reading and meaning. Through this, the artist invites audiences to consider notions of fluidity and rigidity within the interpretation of text, and the power of mark-making in the birth of new transformative landscapes of meaning. The audio component is inspired by the meditative and contemplative nature of the machine, autonomously drawing, without intent, as it slowly begins to erase itself. The work represents the artist’s desire for change and for more fluid understandings of meaning, reading, and interpretation of rigid text.


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Exhibitions

ACC Exhibition, ATHR gallery, Saudi Arabia, 2022
Art Fair ATHR at Frieze London, October 12 – 16, 2022
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