We brought approximately 50 tons (around 100.000 pounds) of soil in four different colors from war torn territories and created a video performative art piece. During the opening, I was buried under the soil for approximately 3,5 hours while night vision cameras were recording and projecting my image on the two opposite walls. Commissioned by Yarat Contemporary Art Space Baku.

This is the title, I know it is a bit long " I am EARTH. You spring from my womb and will return to me. I assimilate everything you do, your poison and your kindness. I soak up the rains and the winds, both spring showers and hurricanes or earthquakes. And I give back life - put dirt on it and I'll give you flowers. My memories are the fields, the forests, the hills, the rivers, lakes, and seas. My words are mountains. Time is a pattern running across my sands, my clays, my rocks, my loam. Walk over me and feel my breathing, hear the blood coursing through me. Ask yourself, do you really know me? "

“The most famous four letter word / KILL” (four times)

"HER"or (greatest love story ever told in 3 letters)

"HER"or (greatest love story ever told in 3 letters)

"HER"or (greatest love story ever told in 3 letters)

"Sweet Warning"

Sugarless Candy and Rice 25”x27”x10”

"Recital Room"

Poetry Recited Canvas and Sugarless Candy · 205"x149"x141"

Venice Biennale, Venice Italy

"Recital Room (detail)"

Poetry Recited Canvas and Sugarless Candy · 205"x149"x141"

Venice Biennale, Venice Italy

"Dreaming Drum"

Drum Top and Copper · 24"x2.5"

Vienna Art Fair, Vienna Austria

"Dreaming Drum (detail)"

Drum Top and Copper · 24"x2.5"

Vienna Art Fair, Vienna Austria

"Walking In 8 Bodies Simultaneously"

Shape of a Poet Collar cut in Copper 55”x35”x4”

Gallery Gazelli Art House,, London, UK

"Gift Wrap"

(The National Anthem of the United States translated to Arabic via Google)

Copper · 26"x25"x15"

Philips Auction House, London, UK

"Poetry Recited"

Sufi poetry recited on the b/w photographic paper, developed in the dark room, then mounted on copper background 28.5”x24.5" each

Gallery Gazelli Art House,, London, UK

"Untitled"

Rice and Neon Light 43”x38”x26"

Gallery Stux, New York, NY

"The Most Honorable"

Silicone and Human Hair 36'x18'x1.5"

"The Most Honorable (detail)"

Silicone and Human Hair 36'x18'x1.5"

"Untitled"

Silicone, Human Hair, Thread and Ink

"Breath Stoper"

Epoxy 7.5"x3"x3.5"

"Praise Us..."

Granite and Crashed Light Bulbs · 157"x98"x1"

Venice Biennale, Venice Italy

"Untitled"

Broken Light Bulbs and Marble

"Rug (detail)"

Insulation Material and Rice 40"x60"

"Rug"

Insulation Material and Rice 40"x60"

"Hearth"

Mirror Polished Stainless Steel 212"x212"x68"

Cultural Gardens, Cleveland, OH

"#7 Installation"

The Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

"Very, Very, Very Red"

Earth, Silk, Water, Wood and Fan 55'x17'x12'

Installation TOU Contemporary Art Center Stavanger Norway Norway

"Scent of Paper Rose"

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"88 Hours of Poetry Recited Canvas Applied to MOMA"

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"88 Hours of Poetry Recited Canvas Applied to the New Museum"

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"Skinning in Silence"

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"Skinning in Silence"

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"Spreading the Poetry"

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"Read"

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Artist's Gold Giveaway

Gold Giveaway

Gold Giveaway

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Gold Giveaway 1

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Gold Giveaway 2

Gold Giveaway 2

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