This text will examine the technique and symbolism of my series of pen and ink drawings entitled Ruin. These drawings were made in reaction to a trip to Israel that I took in 2010. They investigate the ways in which humor and automatic drawing may be used to enter into a convers…
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This thesis is an investigation into the lives of women living in Iran. I develop a critical framework for understanding it. It is now my understanding that women suffer greatly from the restrictions they are subjected to. I discuss what some of these restrictions are, and how t…
The thesis project Remnants of a Dream originated within a childhood memory of my father's voice, “Perhaps we should go to Israel to live on a kibbutz.” The resulting portfolio of photographs was inspired by both a longing to experience an important part of modern Jewish history…
D'une architecture vouée au pèlerinage (Takrissa , Niger), première réminiscence amenant à ce qui est aujourd'hui ce mémoire, j'ai choisi de transposer les nomades, leur mode de vie et d'habitation. Je me suis ainsi faite pèlerin et ai pris mes propres références comme terreau d…
Contradiction between the visible (zahir) and the veiled (baatin) creates this dialog of what we see and what the reality holds within; "They find as what they seek..." I have found my secret hide-outs, the Sanctuaries as my divine peace and every time I am in contact with them,…
This body of work is a way of understanding, reflecting on, and contributing to a contemporary dialogue about the impact of digital technology and the Internet on society by looking at the organization of information that lies behind the computer screen, and creating work that i…
My work arises from the process of extracting content from real events. I reassemble this content and transform it into the components comprising my installation, entitled I Can See Your House From Up Here . The subject for my thesis is centered on a continuing atrocity that occ…
In my work I am intrigued and inspired by mysticism, which is to believe in the unity of Allah, signifying that all creation emerges from one source and eventually goes back to it. It is an all-encompassing unity and nothing exists without it. This belief influences both the con…
736,940 is the number of females in Kuwait between the ages of 15 and 64 as of July 2012, the general age range that I address in my work. 736,940 is a visual exploration of the social status of Kuwaiti women in relation to tradition, religion, authority, and their physical and …