Exhibition – Blink 2

Visual artist & Associate Professor in the visual arts department at the American University in Cai

The Bed, Photography

Today more often than not, our lives have been confined to the man made island called the BED. The previously known furniture object has transformed from just being a still object in the room, into becoming the Island in which we all live. People have turned their bedrooms and most specifically their beds into the place that they relax, a place where they can chat with friends, talk on the phone all night, read their favorite book, grab a bite to eat, study with friends, get some work done and maybe play some music if your calm enough to find that alone time.  Without the social pressure to look a certain way or act a certain way, the bed is that one place that you can totally be yourself, no questions asked and no judgments passed. The bed not only symbolizes that unparalleled comfort but also it embodies your personality, every room, every bed, every gesture portrayed on that bed shows a certain aspect of the person who owns it and uses it. Through the portrayal of people in their beds, one can notice the clear distinctions in their characters and personalities, what they do behind closed doors and how they spend their nights. The Bed series of photographs is that unique chance to enter in the lives of many and have the exclusive access to their very private settings.

Silly Man, Animation

They are supportive, they are open, they are analytical, they are friendly, they are tolerant, they are accepting, they are transparent, they are creative. They push you forward, they make you better, they let you be. Do they really? Is this causing the blinding of our soul, or our quest for its liberation?

Urban & Man, Animation

The animated short film explores the endless struggle of “man” with his surroundings in an urban setting. The struggle is almost always overpowered by man-made machines & objects, that ultimately lead to the destruction of the idea of “man”.

Walk Through, Installation

Untitled, Animation

Sleep Work, Photography

There’s a lack of motivation to achieve anything substantial in the Egyptian community. Instead, people go about life day by day, anticipating the end of the day so they can return to the comfort of their own homes. That is what Maslow calls the need for ‘self actualization’ does not exist in this community. Students and workers lack passion for their fields instead study and work are considered an obligation, yet another chore one that ‘home’ provides a shelter from.

Memory – Body – Time, Animation

Time is the past memory, the present by attention for not hoping for more, and the future by expectations. For some people, past is the moment that proves their existence.

Untitled-Vortex, Video Art

Footage is taken directly from a personal live incident. First time revealed in public. If we are contained by a vortex then we are the center. This is a personal argument & accusation against scientists & Inventors.

Frono, Video

Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort experienced when simultaneously holding two or more conflicting cognitions: ideas, beliefs, values or emotional reactions.

Bitter Indignation, Video

Societies see the deaf as an obstacle, yet I see them as the means to creativity.

All These Things That I’ve Done, Photography

Music is often an outlet, a way for people to express emotions or remember things of the past that affected them in ways they don’t even know. My project tries to link music and photography as I use songs that are meaningful to me to inspire photography. Each image tries to evoke an emotion or memory that is associated with the song. Seeing as this project is a personal one, all these photographs have been taken in my home; a place filled with my family history and reminisces of the past.

Fly, Animation

Number of Frames: 700

Number of Jumps: 700 +

Fly is a short movie that depicts the daily journey of a young man in which he punctures through the different urban settings that he experiences throughout the day.

Fetus, Animation

A fight – A battle – A thought – Man – Against – Reality – Inside – Constricting – Narrow – Nations – Societies – Worlds…

We were born free – Fetus.

Untitled, Video

You only have a short period of time to connect with your subconscious. Accidentally grasping it depends on your fortune. Even though it’s seconds long, you can spend days putting it together, or not remember it at all.

Merging Beautifully, Animation

Take deep breaths she said to me. Let your stress flee through me. Where the three worlds did merge, Sky and the magic land across the sea.

Hand then in hand, heart still in heart. Past then in past, now present immortality. I walked with her and she with me.

Stitching, Installation

In the realm of the industrialized capitalist city, individualism seems to be forgotten. In this experiment, I’m investigating human response to urbanism and industrialization in the post-modern city.

Yet You Made Me, Video

I am here; I exist. I am everywhere and with everyone. I am with all classes of people. I am in constant movement, non-stop. I have a very long life span; almost immortal. I lived so many lives and my story never ends. No one ever wondered or asked me about any of my stories. For some, I have been taken for granted and for others I am their whole concern.
Yet you made me, I am all this. I am the reason of wars. I am what you work for. I am your security, your weapon in this life. Without me you cannot live; there is no survival…

Back HomeVideo Installation

My work focuses on the female reproductive system & how it functions: menstruation, sex and pregnancy. As well as the relationship between men and women.

“Home as a region, author Theano S. terkenli. Source: geographical review. Vol 85, no. 3 (jul. 1995) pp 324-334”

Machines Versus Humans, Photography

Machines have taken over our lives and consequently technology has the ability to multiply our efforts and save time leaving us humans to do less effort. Our phones could easily help us to reach people and save much time however it can also pull us away from interacting more with our surrounding and thus, our brains becomes damaged, systemized and addicted to our gadgets; creating a paradoxical moment of constant absence and presence. It is like you are here but at the same time you are elsewhere in other networks and ten other conversations People have forgotten what’s it like to be close to nature and what’s even ironic about this project is that I’m actually using a camera to document it. My question for this situation is whether we lost our human values, or are we developing into a better world?

Claustrum, Video