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Between the Rivers

Ishtar Backlund Dakhil

Born in 1991 in Malmo, and lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

Medium

Watercolor

Year

2022

Description

I've created an illustrated novel aimed at adults about in-betweenship, generational trauma and the loss and search for cultural belonging. In this book, two stories are woven together, one of which is based on my own autobiography and the other is based on an ancient Mesopotamian myth about Inanna, (whom I've named after) the Goddess of love and war, from the geographical area where my father is from, in Ur, Iraq.

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The New Sumerians Project

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Born in 1985 in Baghdad, and lives in Ontario, Canada.

Medium

Digital Composite Image & Photography

Year

2020

Description

Around 7,000 years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Sumerians settled along the banks of the Euphrates river, modern day Iraq. Their story gives clues as to our origin. Time was established as we still perceive it, and their advanced understanding of the cosmos and astronomy suggests that our ancestors had a certain access to the celestial sphere that has since been lost in translation.

THE NEW SUMERIANS is an evolving project that honours the ancestry we carry as displaced peoples. In collaboration with photographer Ahmad Nasereldein, I have created portraits that I have manipulated with the sculpted facial and body parts of Ancient Sumerians, starting with the 5,000 year old mask of “The Lady of Uruk”. This iteration begins with my origin story: my family— the microcosm. This process of transformation pays homage to our celestial ancestors, despite the passage of time and the circumstances that have propelled us away from our homeland.

These ancient sculptures carry our burdens and have witnessed our pillage. The New Sumerians is part of a larger exploration rooted in storytelling and world-building; a supernatural dimension where ancestors live amongst the unborn, and intergenerational burdens transform into wisdom.

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بين النهرين

عشتار باكلوند دخيل

ولدت عام ١٩٩١ في مالمو و تعيش في ستوكهولم في السويد.

الوسط

ألوان مائية

السنة

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الوصف

لقد ألفتُ رواية مصورة موجهة للبالغين حول العلاقات الاجتماعية والصدمات بين الأجيال والفقدان والبحث عن الانتماء الثقافي. في هذا الكتاب، نسجتُ قصتين معاً، إحداهما مبنية على سيرتي الذاتية والأخرى مبنية على أسطورة بلاد ما بين النهرين القديمة عن عشتار (التي سُميتُ باسمها) إلهة الحب والحرب، من الرقعة الجغرافية التي ينتمي إليها والدي، في أور، العراق.

The New Sumerians Project

Sundus Abdul Hadi

Born in 1985 in Baghdad, and lives in Ontario, Canada.

Medium

Digital Composite Image & Photography

Year

2020

Description

Around 7,000 years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Sumerians settled along the banks of the Euphrates river, modern day Iraq. Their story gives clues as to our origin. Time was established as we still perceive it, and their advanced understanding of the cosmos and astronomy suggests that our ancestors had a certain access to the celestial sphere that has since been lost in translation.

THE NEW SUMERIANS is an evolving project that honours the ancestry we carry as displaced peoples. In collaboration with photographer Ahmad Nasereldein, I have created portraits that I have manipulated with the sculpted facial and body parts of Ancient Sumerians, starting with the 5,000 year old mask of “The Lady of Uruk”. This iteration begins with my origin story: my family— the microcosm. This process of transformation pays homage to our celestial ancestors, despite the passage of time and the circumstances that have propelled us away from our homeland.

These ancient sculptures carry our burdens and have witnessed our pillage. The New Sumerians is part of a larger exploration rooted in storytelling and world-building; a supernatural dimension where ancestors live amongst the unborn, and intergenerational burdens transform into wisdom.

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