{"uid":"TFkPbSV9NfCgeSym","type":"artist","tags":["instalation","social-action"],"group":"yes","group_name":"[s-a-p-o]","project_title":"[soap portraits]","summary":"\u201cAt the molecular level, soap breaks things apart. At the level of society, it helps hold everything together.\u201d Jabr, Ferris. 2020. \"Why Soap Works.\" New York Times (Online).\n\nAt a time that brings a global re-interpretation of the body and its care, [soap portraits] is an installation that views soap as a vibrant and intimate matter. The installation includes a series of object experiments, custom-made soap bars that include our own bodily residue and personal objects. These objects are shown along with a traditional basin and a towel.\n\nWhile this collection of soap bars becomes studies for auto portraits, soap serves as a repository for personal history. The bodily residue and personal objects we included in the series are:\n- Head hair,\n- Chest hair,\n- Beard,\n- Used underwear,\n- Used socks,\n- Used towels,\n- Urine.\n\n[soap portraits] highlights the intimacy of soap and the soap-making traditions of the Middle-East by using old production techniques and local ingredients. Thus, all of the soap bars are produced with the local olive oil collected from South-Eastern Turkey and Northern Lebanon, some of the biggest soap producers of the Silk-Road during the Ottoman rule. \n\nThe project is planned to be accompanied with a workshop that offers an insight on traditional soap-making techniques of the Middle-East. We believe it is also good to note that it will be deeply meaningful for us to be able to share this piece in Argentina which is home for many Middle-Eastern immigrants.","space":"The project will require an exhibition space of 5m2 minimum. \nNatural light in the space is preferred but not essential.\n\nFormal characteristics of the installation in detail:\n2 sets of [soap portraits] which include 6 soap bars each,\n1 wooden pedestal preferably made out of cedar, oak or olive trees as a reference to the Middle-Eastern flora.\nA rustic metal basin from Lebanon,\nA traditional Turkish hand-towel (this specific type of towel is made of thin cotton fabric).","artists_proposal":null,"members":[{"names":"Nihat","surname":"Karatasli","email":"nihatkaratasli@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"U12229406","address":"Ashkal Alwan - The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, 1st Floor, Building 110, Street 90, Jisr el Wati, Beirut, Lebanon","city":"Beirut","nacionality":"Turkish","country_id":"128","birthdate":"1988-01-28T22:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1988-01-28T22:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+905306871418","web":"www.nihatkaratasli.com"}],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"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":3,"names":"Christian","surname":"Sleiman","email":"christian.sleiman1@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"RL1374627","address":"Ashkal Alwan - The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, 1st Floor, Building 110, Street 90, Jisr el Wati, Beirut, Lebanon","city":"Beirut","nacionality":"Lebanese","country_id":"128","birthdate":"1994-03-11T22:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1994-03-11T22:00:00.000Z","telephone":"0096171705108","web":"www.s-a-p-o.com"}