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Zaid Saad
Would you like to reach the other bank too ? You can come to our boat . Do you have any money with you ? The weather is ok so far and we still have seats available . Our lifeboot is not fragile like the others . In contrast , it is very solidly built . Water cannot penetrate , waves cannot turn it , we sit on it safely . It s a new type , new generation . Made in Iraq . Are you coming ?
The route is not the goal . For many people , a lifeboot represents fate and hope . In high seas , where gods cannot rule over supremacy , there is not much left beside faith and hope . Zaid Saad s AR work is titled Concrete and relates to a concrete reality . With a lifeboat made of concrete , the journey seems to be predestined . His artwork is a digital monument of longings , dreams and utopias . Carried by faith and hope , his digital boat cannot go down and floats over the lake like a ghost . Please jump on .
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