Tarkib catalogue English 2015 | Page 18

SPACES OF A COFFEE by Laith Karim Action | Intervention | Photograph Installation Unique Artwork, 2015 Laith Karim‘s pictures document the exploration of the souls of the dead. Visitors are invited to search out and follow the bloody t-shirt within a photo-collection, presented in an ipad. The ipad is installed under a hanging bloody t-shirt. This t-shirt is a remnant of a bomb-explosion that he himself experienced. Laith Karim (b. Baghdad, 1995) is a visual artist specialised in photography, video and experimental films. He is currently studying at the Institute of Fine Arts, theater department. He usually shows his photographs as video art. He participated in several local festivals and exhibitions as well as abroad. In 2014 he conducted the interactive performance “The limits of a City” in Sadr City, Baghdad. Laith Karim works together with the Iraqi Independent Film Centre and is a member of Sada, the Association for Contemporary Iraqi Arts. 16