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Smuggled Sperm VII

Mariam Salah portrait
Mariam Salah

1992 - Present

Year 2021
Medium Black ink on A3 paper
Dimensions Unknown
Location Unknown
Materials Unknown

Description

My work focuses on very small (microscopic) organisms that may not
see with the naked eye, although they determine the existence of life,
but some do not take it into consideration, but it is one of the most important
defense means in light of not allowing you to use weapons to
defend yourself, especially if you are a person behind bars, this The delicate
animals have a very important role in the continuity of the lives of
people who are behind the Israeli occupation prisons and are sentenced
to life due to the ongoing disputes between the Palestinians and the
Israeli occupation.
Bringing up the idea of existentialism and sticking to a hope so small
as these microscopic animals is something that invites anyone to think
about how important this process is (smuggling sperm off behind bars
with unimaginable tools like chocolate chips and wrappers, matchsticks,
etc. to get outside the bars) Then in the prisoner’s wife’s egg, this process
is the creation of a legacy from a story and case that was 72 years ago
and is still ongoing
The project focuses on the process of smuggling sperm from a Palestinian
prisoner to his wife outside the prisons of the Israeli occupation, and
the relationship of this process to the means used in smuggling, which
are almost absurd, but with the smuggling process they gain value and
symbolism because they contribute to giving life.
Smuggling: It is the process of sneaking goods into the country intentionally
to defraud and evade paying taxes.
Smuggler: It is something that is forbidden to enter or leave the country
illegally.
But in this case, the smuggling process and the smuggler here is almost
human souls and whole lives.
I have used in this project hologram technology, which helps to create
intangible shapes, and it is a medium that comes close to the smuggling
process that makes the process happen without physical contact.

Preservation Notes

Smuggled sperm collection. We have retained these digital images directly from Mariam Salah. These works have all been destroyed in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, circa 2023-2026. We are still actively investigating and will be adding additional information during our discovery and findings through out the life span of this archived preserved art work from Mariam Salah.

Archival Status: public