Sultan Bin Fahad Saudi, b. 1971
The Verse of the Throne, 2020
Digital one-channel video projection
Four bowls on illuminated pedestals enter visual and metaphorical dialogue with a projection of Ayat al‑Kursi. When the calligraphy meets water, the element becomes purifier and vivifier: drinking, wetting, and...
Four bowls on illuminated pedestals enter
visual and metaphorical dialogue with a projection of Ayat al‑Kursi. When the
calligraphy meets water, the element becomes purifier and vivifier: drinking,
wetting, and reflection link body and spirit. Projected water and script aim to
immerse and evoke the gentle disorientation of the purification ritual.
