Sacred landscapes
Leila Zelli, Sacred landscapes, 2018, video, color, 2 min 50 s
Two series of images are initially linked by a structural rhyme (the same angles, depths, outgrowths, focus) and an aesthetic contrast (black and white/color, harsh light/softness). On the one hand, they show the folds of the artist's grandmother's old Koran; on the other, the dry petals of a Damascus rose brought back from a trip by her mother (the war initiated by the armed group Islamic State is wiping out this native Syrian flower). The relationship between the photos is not only formal, but also subtly subterranean, raising the question of the relationship between religion and war.
Leila Zelli, Sacred landscapes, 2018, video, color, 2 min 50 s
- Presented in the exhibition Fotostop 2021 at the Musée du Bas Saint-Laurent, January 30 to April 11, 2021, Rivière-du-loup
- presented in the exhibition mes histoires courent, courent at Galerie Pierre-François Ouellette, from June 10 to August 14, 2021, Montréal
- Musée de Bas Saint-Laurent collection and private collections
Two series of images are initially linked by a structural rhyme (the same angles, depths, outgrowths, focus) and an aesthetic contrast (black and white/color, harsh light/softness). On the one hand, they show the folds of the artist's grandmother's old Koran; on the other, the dry petals of a Damascus rose brought back from a trip by her mother (the war initiated by the armed group Islamic State is wiping out this native Syrian flower). The relationship between the photos is not only formal, but also subtly subterranean, raising the question of the relationship between religion and war.
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Photos : Leila Zelli
View of the Fotostop 2021 exhibition at the Bas Saint-Laurent Museum Photo : Jean-François Lajoie
View of the exhibition my stories run, run at Galerie Pierre-François Ouellette Photo : Pierre-François Ouellette