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[18. november 2003]
pressemeddelelse
Vibe Bredahl
Embroidery of the Middle East
The leisure club MOGADISHNI
Vibe Bredahl
Embroidery of the Middle East
November 21 through December 20
Opening reception Friday November 21, 7 -
10 pm
The leisure club MOGADISHNI
Carl Jacobsens Vej 16, trappe B, 2. sal, 2500 Valby
tlf.: 32 54 35 35
www.mogadishni.com
mail@mogadishni.com
Åbent to - fre. kl. 12-17, lørdag kl. 12-15
The leisure club MOGADISHNI is pleased to announce the exhibition
"Embroidery of the Middle East" by Vibe Bredahl.
“Embroidery of the Middle East” is a journey into the
culture of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. It is a meeting with
the landscapes, the religion, and most of all with the population;
its thoughts, wishes, and values. Through a series of photos we
get a visually immediate impression of the Middle East and the extreme
differences that exist side by side in the local communities.
The concept of the exhibition is built around a porcelain doll with
a body of cotton on whom Vibe Bredahl has gotten different persons
to embroider a personal symbol or message. As the journey continues
through the countries the doll changes from being naked and undecorated
into being a colourful visual scrapbook telling us about lives,
cultures, and countries. The photos show us the people participating
in the embroidery events along side with pictures from their homes
and villages. In this way we get to know the point of view of a
wide variety of people: an elderly Christian woman from Aleppo whose
poems are embroided on the doll; a young Muslim girl with very long
blue nails explaining to us why she simply loves the look of her
nails; a group of Sufi dancers from Zaraya; a lesbian girl from
a carpet dealer in Beirut and many others.
The exhibition consists of long photo streamers - one for each person
or group and several smaller photos showing us the landscapes and
villages of the countries. Each photo series has a text attached
to it, which - through statements - tells us about the persons we
follow. In the centre of the room lies the porcelain doll as the
knot that visually ties all the narrative strings together, turning
them into one history, one journey, one culture.
The exhibition will find its way to Syria in March 2004. After the
exhibitions, a book with images and interviews will be published.
We welcome you to join the journey in the leisure club MOGADISHNI.
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