“ In all the wars that are taking place , the ignorant enemy is always very wary of the intellectuals and tries to get rid of them in various ways , knowing that the intellectuals have no weapons except the mind . And the front that is armed with the mind will definitely win ...” Diyar Ziyad
Diyar Ziyad is a young musician and became interested in conceptual art because of his father Ziyad Jassam . He chose for his sound-installation a destroyed room facing the river Tigris and Al Jumhuriya Bridge . Even though very young , he realized the misunderstanding , misuse and “ ignorance ” towards educated people . He likes to talk about art and culture in Iraq and he wants to point out the significance of its preservation . At the same time , he sees the battle what intellectuals in his country are facing . Music instruments and books are tools , like weapons are . He is convinced that the right tool will win . His music is the sound of bombs and sadness , the sound of war . We hear a piano without tuning and music without rhythm . He sprayed his title , his message on the wall , like ISIS members put their logo on the walls of homes or Iraqi people , homes they occupied . “ The front that is armed with the mind will definitely win .” He says .
WHEN INTELLECTUALS FACE IGNORANCE Diyar Ziyad
ديار زياد
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