Wind on my veil
Color video, 2 min.
Melbourne, Australia. 2022.
The artwork delves into women’s rights and escapism from certain social traditions and cultures that suppress their freedom and the urge to break free from it. The idea of this video is a continuation of my practice in dealing with domestic violence against women. The video is one long shot of a girl wearing a burqa on an electrical scooter with her humming a melody with her voice inspired by Saudi women who finally get the right to drive on June 2018 for the first time in 30 years. The ’90s tv style brings the homemade feeling and the displacement of time and location of the woman on the scooter as she couldn’t have done this in the ’90s.
BIO. Ayman was born in Tripoli, Lebanon, based in Australia since 2011 in pursuit of studying visual arts. This telecommunications engineer and cinematography designer left behind his parents and eleven siblings as he sat off on his artistic journey. In 2014, his passion for cinema and photography eventually developed into a body of digital artworks, creating images that delve into the dream-like world of personal experiences, emotional turmoil, and the complexities of isolation that came from starting a new life in a new country. Although dealing with moving and serious emotions, his artworks are almost hopeful, and he believes that ‘sometimes imagination is better than reality’.
Just in 2022, Ayman has been the winner of the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award, Best Self-Portrait at RMIT at CCP Salon, Best Videowork ACMI at CCP Salon, Small Work Art Prize (solo show) at Brunswick Street Gallery, and Finalist of National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022.
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