Title: دلِ که سوز ندارد, دلِ نیست (the heart that has no love/pain/generosity is not a heart)
Artists: Jayce Salloum, Khadim Ali
Contributors: Haema Sivanesan, Kathy Gannon, Paula Abood
Date: 2010
Format: Softcover
Size: 11 x 9 inches, 57 pages
57 Pages
ISBN: 978-0-9685468-0-2
Publisher: South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)
Description:
This publication documents a project by Jayce Salloum and Khadim Ali, and their travels from Pakistan to Afghanistan developing a collaborative installation of the same name. The final publication also includes written contributions by Haema Sivanesan, Kathy Gannon, and Paula Abood.
"The project documents a significant moment in the history of the Hazara people, many of whom are seeking asylum in the West. The exhibition engages a sense of the complexity of the current situation in Afghanistan, taking up themes of the possibility of resistance, hope, beauty in the context of ongoing conflict. The artists go beyond the front line of the conflict in Afghanistan to explore the lived experiences of the Hazara community, a persecuted ethnic minority who predominate in the province of Bamiyan. The project takes the form of a personal archive, juxtaposing miniature paintings and photographs alongside text and other material. It unsettles the critical contexts and art-historical categories of each artist’s work to engage a timely cross-cultural dialogue.”