Sama Alshaibi
vs. The Empire, 2011
Video projection on digital photograph printed on canvas
137.2 x 190.5 cm
54 x 75 in
54 x 75 in
Edition 1 of 3
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In her interpretation of the 'Empire' as a challenged masculine force, Alshaibi begins her confrontation with history. Performing as a valiant female boxer in a fantasy boxing match, ready to...
In her interpretation of the 'Empire' as a challenged masculine force, Alshaibi begins her confrontation with history. Performing as a valiant female boxer in a fantasy boxing match, ready to face dominance and control, a contemporary fight occurs, under the colors of a pan-Arab flag. The stop motion video is projected into the centre of a canvas with the image of an anonymous Roman ruin in the Middle East - a symbol of historical foreign domination.