SAMAR AL-KHUDHAIRI

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• Samar Al-Khudhairi is a creative technologist living in Paris, France. Her work and research address the Iraqi diaspora through the past-present and present-future. She combines her research interests with emerging technologies (OpenFrameworks, Virtual Reality, Javascript, etc.) to awaken questioning and dialogue on topics surrounding her home country.

BAGHDAD IS AN IDEA

PORTALS TO BAGHDAD THROUGH VARIOUS WINDOWS OF EXPLORATION OF MAKING SENSE OF THE PHYSICAL PLACE AND CONCEPTUAL SPACE OF IRAQ.

• • Baghdad is an Idea

    presents a series of portals to Baghdad, Iraq through sound, film and physical objects. Connecting traditional oral history with modern day sharing of impermanent visual narratives on social media, the work attempts to make sense of the often mis-perceived physical place and conceptual space of Iraq.  

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  • The work is a result of the artist’s research and work on the relationship between Iraq and the Iraqi diaspora in the past, present, and future spurring a frank dialogue and reflection on her home country.  

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  • A sound piece composed of oral histories, physical artifacts, and a film composed of curated Instagram Story content, filmed and broadcasted by Baghdadis,  confronts the ideology of the mediated communication between the cloistered worlds of diasporic individuals and their homeland .

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  • The work is a result of the artist’s research and personal works on the Iraqi diaspora, especially as it relates to the country’s past and present. Her work delves into the interplay between traditional oral history and modern-day digital narratives as an inflection point in spurring frank dialogue and reflection on her home country.