The Gifts (Part 1) , part of 'Abandon' :

Group Installation show. Substation Project Space, Margate 2004

In response to the theme of Abandon, I took a hundred of the tools and technology I have used over the last fifteen years - paints, brushes, camera, laptop, modem- and transformed them into art objects. I did this by binding each of them in kilim wools from the village in Iran my mother abandoned 38 years ago. I then lay them on the floor of the Substation, as a hommage to the recent re-occupation of the space by artists.
The show was curated by Paul Hazelton of Limbo Arts and works were developed throughout the show by over 15 artists, abandoning themselves to what was once an Electricity Substation.

This piece was the first of a two part project called The Gifts. The second piece is in development and will involve 999 objects donated by individuals from around the world.

HAND TO HAND Video, DV, 12 mins

Made during an Artist Residency, within the turkish-kurdish women's community on Holly Street Estate, East London. Funded by Queensbridge Trust/ Immediate Theatre. Hand to Hand is a participative video + live art project evoking  cultural rituals, relationship and spiritual issues.

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