[ ‘Blessed be the sacred land’, (2010 - ongoing) series ] is a combination of sociopolitical commentary, humorous gesture, poetic reflection and therapeutic progression. These exercises forms the framework for visuals that play against the fundamental existential condition that every day is nonpareil, and that reality has forced its way in as an artistic necessity. In areas with political unrest/challenges to human conditions of existence, art is often influenced by these circumstances. The global conflicts play a role everywhere; their complexity becomes part of our everyday life through the flow of information and images from the media and internet, thus taking on importance for our own personal history and memory - this is my way to deal with political tension around me. In this particular series, my individual need and social commitment have both exerted a crucial influence on these works. 

 

The works in this series can be regarded as specific materializations of the Islamic republic I live in - the works are tools of action, powerful tools that can be used to reflect on current political issues. This follows from the idea that Michel de Certeau presented in his book ‘the practice of everyday life’ (1980), where he described the possibility that human beings could do something each day that is not institutionally planned, such that there is a daily resistance to the power regimes. The works can thus also be used as a starting point for the elucidation of the social function of art, facilitating a gaze at past, present and not least, future through stance on various conflict-filled realities. With their wear and materiality the works also help to spur reminiscences from the personal and the collective memory.