Flying (Falling) (2023)

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A diptych projection of two videos, both of the artist as she tries (and repeatedly fails) to fly a red kite on windless Cranbrook fields. This video becomes a study in both commiseration and failure; of the desperation of wanting to belong to a diasporic struggle that is you wish to (but cannot) claim as your own yet failing to anyway. What a tragedy it is to have kites to fly but not be able to fly them. What a tragedy it is to be thread that tangles but never able to knot.

Kites are utilized in Yasmeen’s practice as symbol, gesture at the intersection of flying/falling. The work takes as well the form of community gatherings, festivals, and public installations.

Flying (Falling) (2023)

Kites are utilized in Yasmeen’s practice as symbol, gesture at the intersection of flying/falling. The work takes as well the form of community gatherings, festivals, and public installations.

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