Adel Abidin: Scratched Vision

Light box / Sound installation

Scratched Vision toys with the viewer’s perception: is the light source the most prominent part of the work or is it the black painterly streaks that are trying to blot out the light? An optical game that subtly forays into questions of presence and absence, and takes its visual cue from the burnt palm trees in Iraq after the American invasion.

Details:

Light-box and sound installation

Material: Aluminium box, Plexiglas, acrylic based marker drawing and 44 florescent tubes (90cm length), mp3 player and 2 active speakers

Dimensions: 420cm x 235cm x 30cm

Installation view: Forum Box Gallery - Helsinki 2013