Mushrooms and Fig Leaves

Overview

In this new creation, Omar Rajeh looks into the body; more precisely, he attempts to deconstruct, alienate, re-discover, and question our perception of the human body system today. Highlighting different body parts and constituents, the work re-thinks the mechanism, qualities and dynamics of the living installation.

The body is seen in opposition to its virtual, still framed image, and the space that envelops it. The body is within architecture. The innovative guitarist, composer and oud player Mahmoud Turkmani, who is considered a renovator and bridge-builder between contemporary Westernclassical and Arabic-traditional music, will write the music composition.

The composition will be interpreted live with the contralto Fadia Tomb El-Hage, who is considered by the international press one of the most beautiful voices of the Arab world.

Choreographed by Omar Rajeh

April 2011

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation