{"uid":"GLiwYKRewc5Q5Y9n","type":"artist","tags":["performance","video","instalation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"Chanting","summary":"In a time where change is rapidly uprising, identity is often found clashing between the past and the present. This sense of loss as we become more and more torn in the age of progression with who we are and who we should be motivated me to revisit the past in hopes of finding items to retrieve my connection with heritage. As a result of that, I found the practice henna; a practice that I often experienced at a younger age. The scent of henna made me feel incredibly nostalgic for the times that I spent having it o my hair with a shemagh wrapped around my head, that scent made me want to coat my entire existence with it as I felt a bit ashamed of how disconnected I had become with my own heritage. It also brought back different practices that I grew up on, like applying out oil in my hair and on my neck immediately after I rinsed out the henna with my grandma. I observed the patterns with all of these practices and made a link that allows me to be in sync with my own understanding of heritage and culture.\nThrough performance, I create an environment where I sit in a circle with silver pots filled with henna leaves, powder, and paste as I mix them together during the performance and repeatedly paint the old oil bottle pattern over my body to coat myself with a hypothetical vulnerable layer of a new and redefined identity that fits in between the past and the present in the midst of change.","space":"The artwork would be expanded, meaning that the fabric circle shown in the performance that is currently 1 meter long would increase to a bigger circle that could take a space of 4 to 6 meters depending on space availability with an increase of the number of pots to also include the audience in the experience even further. Natural materials include: henna powder, henna paste, and henna leaves. The projected video is an option to display the performance but it could be filmed in a new space.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/429334524","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":4,"names":"Ftoon","surname":"AlThaedi","email":"ftoon.althaedi@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"T812290","address":"Riyadh, Saudi Arabia","city":"Riyadh","nacionality":"Saudi Arabian","country_id":"194","birthdate":"1995-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1995-09-02T21:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+966 555601752","web":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fnoon.ftoon\/?hl=en"}