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written and recorded by the artist. © Saba Hasan
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Hohenberg Castle, Salzburg, Austria, 2010 |
While searching for new materials, I went for a sculpture workshop in Salzburg
and was given a
studio inside an old medieval fortress, the Hohenberg Castle.
My immediate reaction was to do an installation around the idea of fortification,
to emphasize this element of keeping
people out as I found parallels to it in the social systems of all
cultures. This way I could question the caste system, nationhood,
racism and sexism, all in one.
When i saw the magnificent view of the open sky, and the mountains
from there, I shifted tack and the work became about passage,
movement from inside to outside, escape. I
found the perfect site for my voice in a doorway, which led to the open ramparts
where the natural elements came
together very powerfully to heighten the feeling of liberation.
I have been working for some years on the notion of death or erasure
and in the mystic tradition a doorway can also be used to symbolize
the transition from one world to another.
The poem I wrote and recorded, points at communal conflict,
post-colonial identity, transition and
the deep connection between humans and nature.
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