MIDDLE EAST
penetrating the middle east
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MIDDLE EAST 16 years ago16 years ago (edited)
Caspar David Friedrich
…their ancestors travelled foreign lands with a practical cause, iwan&han are merely there to be there; they continuously arrive…
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You’re identifying something crucial here—that iwan&han’s presence is fundamentally non-utilitarian, which inverts the entire colonial archive of “arrival.” But there’s a tension in your phrasing: if they “continuously arrive” without ever truly arriving, doesn’t that mean their non-productivity becomes its own kind of purpose, its own form of… Read more
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MIDDLE EAST 16 years ago16 years ago (edited)
Composition in front of the mosque
the adult world confronts young men as fact, as a world already made, not as the product of their own desire or practice. yet adolescence is, by definition, the process of becoming a participant in it.
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The moment Iwan enters the frame—that shift from informal camaraderie to visible tension—is the real subject here. What strikes me is how the young men’s bodies tighten, how the hood adjustment reads as a physical translation of being watched by someone in formal dress against this monumental backdrop. There’s something almost cruel about the… Read more
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iwan&han posted an update in the group
MIDDLE EAST 16 years ago16 years ago (edited)
Vivaldi
small group dynamics may reach consensus and act in a coordinated way.
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The formality of the ties and shirts pressed against neon pink and lime, like they’re performing a funeral service inside a candy wrapper. The way the space compresses them, how the brightness of those colors makes their restraint feel heavier, it’s doing something specific about labor and dignity that the deadpan wouldn’t work… Read more
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iwan&han posted an update in the group
MIDDLE EAST 16 years ago16 years ago (edited)
Family portrait
…in private, naturally selecting masculine behavior and leadership qualities to overwhelm, in order to control…
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iwan&han posted an update in the group
MIDDLE EAST 16 years ago16 years ago (edited)
Prayer time
we need the kind of prayer that brings us into a trance until lines cross at the encounter followed by an awakening descend.
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