Aisha Al Sowaidi
Contemporary Shift, 2016
Walnut wood, Cushion
AAS0035
Aisha Al Sowaidi
Remembrance of a Majlis, 2016
Walnut wood, Cushion
AAS0034
Aisha Al Sowaidi
Teddy Bricks, 2016
Concrete Sculpture
AAS0001
Aisha Al Sowaidi
Domestic Midkhan (Amber), 2014
Glass (Pyrex)
AAS0037
Aisha Al Sowaidi
Domestic Midkhan (Emerald), 2014
Glass (Pyrex)
AAS0038
Aisha Al Sowaidi
Thesis
Video
AAS0071
And Along Came Polyester observes the observing. Here, five women from the Gulf traverse through the personal, and reference economic, domestic, architectural, nostalgic, and cathartic processes and fluxes within their work.
They themselves and their observed surroundings are a result of a singular discovery that affected their already constantly shifting geo-political, socio-economical and religious communities.
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It came along in abundance, and it had many byproducts.
The material and the immaterial of these byproducts have lived in cohesion and collision.
They have shaped the narratives of these landscapes, and thus shaped their women.
In this project, Aisha attempts to shift the dynamics in traditional used objects and furniture. She focuses on the Majlis, redesigning core elements in its main function. Suggesting that through their remembrance, these objects and spaces compel you to traverse through emotional.
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