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Project Brief: Erase the Humanitarian Identity.
Draft Project submitted to Dar al-Ma’mûn, as a
requirement to obtaining on the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary
Program scholarship for Artists (artist residence), 2014.
Candidate Name
Address
Country
City
Zip Code
Cell Phone
Nationality
Date of Birth
Gender
Profession
Diaa Ahmed Mohamed Ahmedien
12-Ismail Mohamed, Zamalik
Egypt
Cairo
11211
01064409615
Egyptian
29/3/1986
Male
Assistant lecturer in faculty of art
education, Helwan University.
Project Brief: Erase the Humanitarian Identity
Diaa Ahmed Mohamed Ahmedien, PhD in Visual arts
2014
Contents
Onset
Project Theory
Project Description
Project Samples
Project Framework
Conclusion
References
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nset A lot of decades ago, the political
variables have played very active role in
changing the global art map. Likewise
the mental transition process had had a
significant factor in re-construction the
concepts of the artwork in the
contemporary ages. Thus, the scientific
rationality had already dominated on
most of the trends, which led to launch
a lot of free and audacious thoughts, to
search about all new, and challenging
all Challenges to build new values which
could be matched with contemporary
time ideologies.
Paradigm Shift, Yes…, this is what visual
arts in eastern societies need exactly. In fact
the real will not be changed without
changing our thoughts. In his united lectures
and essays in book entitled (in search of a
better world) "Karl Popper" confirmed on
that solving any problem must be paralleled
with the nature of the problem itself, in other
word, any nontraditional problem must be
solved by unconventional solving, particularly
with the technological, economic, political
and religious problems in our modern
societies now. And also in his book (art and
technology) "Heidegger"1 was neither against
technology applications in our societies, nor
did he suggest that we return to pre-
industrial era, but he was just offering as a
food for thought a correlation between life
and art. And according to what (Kerry
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and art. And according to what "Kerry
Blackwell" said, we live readily in a
system of control, and orders
determined by social values and law
according to our culture, which if we
can change it, all values will be changed
and law also.
So, it must acknowledge that, fifty years
ago we found the result of mixing
between art and science, and both of
them became main part of our
contemporary culture. But cannot be
denied that contemporary visual arts
trends in the Middle East and Arab
world are using the science techniques
in visual art either by superficial ideas
without concept or separated about
current circumstances in eastern
societies.
After the Arab spring revolutions, we
have realized that We are facing a
war of thoughts, thus the our need to
new concepts in both of art and
science has appeared, which it can
make a transition in our thoughts
through them, at the same time, we
need kind of art can play a lot of
roles, more than just art itself, we
need kind of art make us understand
ourselves then understand all
civilizations around us, consequently
make a better connection with the
other.
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Historically, theory of physics of the
impossible was not established as an
independent curriculum or field of a
lot of physics fields. But it was existed
between most of scientists through
their thoughts, which means search
about manners and methodologies to
make everything possible. Ironically,
the serious study of the impossible
has frequently opened up rich and
entirely unexpected domains of
science. That was like what happened
in art perfectly. Where the artists
were thinking by the same methods
to achieve what it was impossible to
be achieved to enrich their artistic
products.
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What we can do? And what will we
do? Of course the differences
answers to these questions will be
able to determine the definition of
the impossible for us, and that is
the impossible essence, which
could be determined according to
our abilities and what we had
already achieved in our time.
So, throughout the history
particularly now, what was
impossible yesterday, may it
becomes possible today, and of
course what is impossible today, it
will be possible tomorrow.
Accordingly, the limits of the
relationship between art and
science can be seen according to
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Nevertheless, the First questions, we
have to ask here is: what does
impossible mean? Also we have to
acknowledge that the definition of the
impossible itself is a Relative
definition. And no one can deny that
he has a personal definition of the
impossible. Nevertheless when we
want to define the impossible
physically, we can say that the
impossible means literally ((anything
not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Thus, even if we can say that, but also
we have to recognize that there is no
any possibility to find a constant
definition of the impossible because
its definition depends on what we
have of abilities?, what we were
doing?
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the achievements of physics of the
impossible studies. Or in other word
we can see the complementary
relationship between the impossible
in art and the impossible in science.
Where for as long as, artistic
imagination helps a lot of scientists to
create a lot of Constructive models
for their concepts, correspondingly
scientists often provide the modern
techniques for artists, and both of
them meet together at a common
target to eliminate on the impossible
or at least challenge it.
Nevertheless, we can note that, the
beginning of appearing the physics of
the impossible thoughts was
depending on try to answer to two
questions:
((How to mimic the natural
conditions? and how to design a ((microcosm)) of anything))? So,
through answer to these questions
we can simulate a natural
phenomenon and then we can
break it down to achieve the
impossible. According to what ((Michio Kaku)) said, we can say
that, the physics of the impossible
consisted of three classes through
its history as follows:
This class was concentrating on
some of the concepts, which could
be able to change some of main
ideas dramatically and deeply, such
as but not limited (force fields,
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1- Impossibilities first class:
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invisibility, teleportation, telepathy,
psychokinesis, robots, star ships and
anti-universes).
This class supported the continuity
with the first class, in addition to
beginning of trying to answer to the
second questions, through putting
some additional concepts in terms of
science (faster than light, time
traveling and parallel universes). ((The
importance of this class in art
represented in it is considered the link
between trying to create the Virtual
reality and the already launching into
the real world through a lot of
complex techniques in the next class)).
The most important characteristic
of this class that it puts the
essence of impossible ostensibly, ((through the thinking of two
biggest impossible things now,
those are (Perpetual motion
machines and precognition)))1, It‘s
worth mentioning that every one
of these three classes has different
properties. And of course there are
a lot of interference areas
between both of them.
The worth mentioning that,
anyone follows the ancient
civilizations, will find the roots of
these three classes clearly, such as
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2- Impossibilities second class:
3- Impossibilities third class:
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but not limited, the ancient Egyptian
civilization has a lot of impossible
things and until now no one can
explain them and that is why this
things transferred from the
Impossibilities level to the miracles
level, for instance: (on every 22 of
October, the world celebrate with
watching the sun passes over the face
of the statue of Pharaoh Ramses II
inside the Temple of the 'Abu Simbel',
south of Aswan).
The pyramids, how they are built?
And the Mummification how it was
done? I think that the scientists and
artists today are repeating what their
peers did in the past through the
same concepts but different methods,
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that is perhaps means that we have a
common philosophical background
with our ancient civilizations albeit
unwittingly?!!!!!!
Nevertheless most of anthropologists
find that the theory of physics of the
impossible has a lot of social
applications perhaps more than
scientific applications. Most of these
applications related to the remote
control systems in people or build a
general public stream towards
certain idea or collecting people in a
revolution with or against regimes all
these manifestations classified by
named under the psychokinetic
processes (First Class).
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The project expresses about
psychokinetic processes - psycho
processes- (First Class). It monitors
the dominion conflict manifestations
among civilizations, and how the
contemporary man became a victim
of this conflict. The human brain
became a container for a lot of
thoughts have been put by the
parties, governments and regimes
without any will from it.
Actually, in the past people were
wishing to discover a lot of scientific
research applications to help them to
enhance their life, but they were
unaware that the same scientific
research applications will be the main
reason in usurp their Identity.
humanity.
Discussion Value
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The theory of physics of the
impossible originally not only supports
positive communications between
different civilizations, but also
recovers the common philosophical
background between ancient and
modern civilizations. But what
happened through using this theory
was against its essence, where a lot of
laws and discoveries have been
applying by worst purposes for the
power and control on others.
Now the people fall in this paradox
and became just as a machine, its
keyboard under the command of their
governments and regimes.
Most of people particularly in poor
countries do not know until now that
the greatest applications of theory of
physics of the impossible that are
related to advanced techniques in
washing people brains, where the
governments use these techniques
against their people by subliminal
tricks.
The cycle of washing the human
identity represents the worst side in
the theory of physics of the
impossible, and reflects the conflict
between modern and ancient
civilizations which led to make people
confused by a lot of paradoxes related
to their identity.
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A lot of physical components make
combinations to build the body of
project. Artist is using here different
multimedia tools which divided into
five basic combinations as follows:
A- Tubes and flasks
B- Old Fabric
C- Electronic cables
D- Human mask
E- Microscope
F- Cells
G- Webcam
H- Data show
I- Sound track
Physical Components
Tubes and flasks in wooden holders
above the mask represent different
kinds of thoughts, which engraved on
their surfaces. The power and
electronic cables work as a connector
between thoughts tubes and the
mask. In the end of the ancient fabric
Drop-Down yarns, and all combination
put on the wall.
On the other side in front of the wall,
the microscope monitors the live cells
which represent the human identity
changing, and reflect its changes on
the camera above the microscope and
transfer them on the mask by data
show device which put on the ceiling
above microscope and in front of the
mask.
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The body of project fills spatial form about 10×4×3 meters "figure 1-1". According to
the design, there will be sufficient space for audiences to be interactive with the
project and take a tour around the project components. The physical components
distributed to achieve appropriate space capacity to make an accurate general view.
Technical Stuff:
Stuffs will be divided into two sections, the first will be prepared in the artist personal lab -closed place- and the second will be done in the real project place, there will be technical processes related to collecting the work components.
Figure 1-1
Simulation experiments conducted by
3Ds Max program to reveal on a
potential general view of the project,
with knowing that some of criteria
taken into account:
- Mimic natural conditions.
- Appropriate capacity of space.
- Appropriate choose for material.
- calculate interior and exterior space.
- Cohesion of view.
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Ancient Fabric A lot of indicators refer to our ancient
civilizations, most important of them
summarized on ancient fabrics, a lot of
secrets, agreements and documentations
held on them.
To extent that it becomes as a symbol of
our civilizations, the project shows the
ancient fabric as a background of the
human mask and tubes. It refers to the
common philosophical approach in
different civilizations. This make us ask
where is the conflict exactly, is it superficial
conflict or is in civilization essence itself?
Our Arab civilization and culture was in the
past the source for the others, and African
culture was the first in our global, but now
with manifestations of decentralization and
fragmentation, our roots became unclear.
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Human Mask?!!! Human mask lose itself amid its roots
(culture, history, modernity). Culture like
ours has gone, the rest of our history
stored in fabric like this, the human lose
his way among a lot of conflicts between
ancient and modern, old and new,
heritage and modernity, and post
modernism. Where ourselves in all these
cultures? How to be our relationship with
others as it should be? Although the
physics of the impossible try to recover a
common philosophy background with
other civilization however it cannot
recover the original identity for those
who lost it.
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TUBES Illusion, Deception, Dishonesty, Hypocrisy
and Lying, every one of these attributes
has tube of these tubes or more, the
governments or regimes are using them
against their people under Imaginary
mask perhaps is Religion, Politics, Sex or
even the country land itself. A lot of social
media play an important role as
connectors between government's tubes
thoughts and the people particularly if
they are official media channel to achieve
the cycle of erase the human identity.
Now the people became in a Coma,
homely feel by the loss of humanity. All
things became the same, there is no any
Exciting, Fun or love.
What shall people do now?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Human Cell Spark of hope, human cell develops under
microscope not change fortunately. Mutations
are happening to the better, not to the worst.
Everyone on the land of globe has a genome of
resistance, most of people do not know that
our identity in our genome, in our permanent
memory, in our bodies, in our space around us.
But all what we need is serious search about
ourselves. The theory of physics of the
impossible says that impossible to achieve the
processes of erase the human identity because
our identity exists in our genomes,
Nevertheless a lot of process of erase the
human identity already done, that is refers to
defect in ourselves in our will as free humans,
because our strong is from our free will, we
need unleash our abilities to recover our
identity consequently recover our glories
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Sound Track Clicking, Knocking, Viewing and
Listening, in one audio track all these
things represent human
consciousness among a lot of
Jammers systems. The sound system
in project puts all physical
components in a harmonious general
case.
Track could downloaded from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/downloa
d/ytbqa92lmb0nzf1/Erase+the+hum
an+identity.wmv
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General View
Now we are in front of potential final
work, if we take a closer look on the
physical components, we will find that
there will be strong combinations and
clear relationship between each other.
According to the laws of collecting and
our space capacity, there will be some of
necessary procedures to collect our
components together, also certain
calculations will be conducted for
structure procedures, and this requires
essential steps to be done correctly. With
knowing that, cohesion of space with
forms taken into account firstly .
Figure 2-1 and 2-2 show that:
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Figure 2-1: Side
view to general
show.
Figure 2-2: top
view to general
show.
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Figure 2-3: perspective
view shows all physical
components and potential
system to collecting them
in appropriate space
capacity.
Figure 2-4: focusing on mask
behind ancient fabric and
connection processes with
thoughts tubes by electronic
cables.
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Here we can determine appropriate
time table and procedures sequences.
First and foremost the project must be
achieved within three months; there
will be two kinds of procedures must
be done:
Interior procedures: included all
chemical techniques and prepare
material and essential physical
components.
Exterior procedures: include all works
which will be done in real work space
and collecting components in final
body.
* The time table shows further details:
Third Month Second Month First Month
Rem
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day
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D
5%
5th
Day
1st
Day
Free discussion 1
69
D
10
% 1
5th D
ay
6th
Day
Preparation material 2
59
D
15
% 2
5th
Day
16
th D
ay
Make essential components 3
49
D
15%
35th
Day
26th
Day
Prepare space 4
3
9 D
15
% 4
5th D
ay
36th
Day
Make essential collecting 5
29
D
15%
55th
Day
46th
Day
Collecting processes 6
19
D
15
% 6
5th D
ay
56th
Day
Sound system 7
9 D
10
% 7
5th
Day
66th
Day
Show and discussion 8
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Art, Science and Politics impossible
separate about each other, in our
modern world. In culture like ours long
accustomed to splitting and dividing all
things as a means of control, its
sometime a bit of shock to be reminded
that.
Erase the Humanitarian Identity is an
installation art project discusses
attempts to restrict the human identity,
which shaped by technique of
fragmentation, which led to lose the
human identity among the conflicts
between a lot of parties, governments,
regimes and civilizations. So art in our
societies must find a new active political
and social role to be matched with the
mental transition processes in new
Middle East after the Arab spring
revolutions.
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raft Project submitted to Dar al-Ma’mûn, as a
requirement to obtaining on the UNESCO-Aschberg
Bursary Program scholarship for Artists (artist residence),
2014.
Diaa Ahmed Mohamed Ahmedien, Assistant lecturer in
faculty of art education –Visual Arts- Helwan University,
Cairo, Egypt.
12, Ismail Mohamed, Zamalik. Zip Code: 11211. Cell phone:
01064409615. Email: [email protected]
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