Project noteAl-Qassim
القصيم
Open Archive begins with a place Mishari comes from: Qassim. The date is both an object and a point of recognition, set among fragments of Arabic typography.
Letters are broken across a grid of 25 archival cells. A date fruit occupies one cell as a symbol of Al-Qassim. Curves become shapes; dots become a rhythm. The familiar is still there, but it has to be read differently.
The work approaches nostalgia through rearrangement. Pieces of the past are brought into new relationships, making space for another meaning without losing their connection to place.
- Artist
- Mishari Alomari
- Series
- Open Archive
- Work
- Al-Qassim
- Format
- Archival pigment inkjet print
- Finished size
- 84 cm W × 107 cm H
- Edition
- 150 numbered prints
- Paper
- Hahnemühle Photo Rag® · 308 gsm
- Paper composition
- 100% cotton · matte · acid-free
The mark “03/04” is part of the work’s concept, not the print’s edition number.
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