© Sanabel Badr ElDin
Farewell, Chaos, Departure, and Beginning,
As words pass before our eyes, they can leave behind a jumbled mess that confuses both the heart and mind. I hoped to forget and erase this farewell, leaving everything behind and making this mess opaque and blurred in front of my mind, in the hope that it would lessen its impact on my heart and be nothing more than a memory.
It is said that our minds cannot differentiate between reality and fantasy. I wanted to play a game with my brain to keep it active. Exercising my mind every moment is key to keeping it alert. When we experience an event or situation that deeply hurts us, we wish we could stop time so that it never happens again, or erase the memory in any way possible! Bad memories can gnaw away at our brains and destroy our consciousness. With each new experience, the human brain reshapes itself. Therefore, by reshaping my memory and destroying these scenes by making them appear as negative photos from a destroyed camera, this project is like brain training for me.
On display at “My Favorite Things 7,” Group exhibition, Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo (EG), 2023.
Series of Edited Digital Photography
On display at “Agenda The 16th Round”, Group exhibition, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conference Centre East and West Exhibition Halls, Alexandria (EG), 2023.
