video diary, documentary, Poem, Army
“This faithful man is a soldier with a monolog in the desert.
Men Men Men
Men
Youth
The youth
The eyes
The hands
The gun
The sand
Tell me about being a man in Syria”
Video diary and monologue: Yassin Akram Al-Shawa
Concept: Rand Ibrahim and Yassin Akram Al-Shawa
Edit: Rand Ibrahim
We developed this work together remotely, facing the normal obstacles… everything…
My name is Rand Ibrahim (b. 1993), and I am an interdisciplinary artist based in Weimar, Germany. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in
Drawing and Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus, Syria, under the supervision of Prof. Nizar Sabour, 2015. Additionally, I earned an M.F.A. in "Public Art and New Artistic Strategies" from Bauhaus-Universität
Weimar in Weimar, Germany, 2024, studying under Prof. Danica Dakić, Prof. Birte Kleine Benne, Prof. Ina Weise, and Prof. Alexandra Toland.
My artistic practice involves performance, sculpture, painting, video art, and site-specific installation. My work explores themes of oppression, its dynamics and intersectionality, as well as dimensions of holistic justice. I pose questions about the realities overlooked in the accelerating capitalist age, by using critical narratives, engaging the public and connecting diverse geographical, political, and cognitive spaces.
Personal and collective stories, memories, and factual data are transformed into symbolic, representative, or abstract objects, interactions and scenes, anything to serve deliver the feeling of an observer of our current day.