Tarkib catalogue English 2015 | Page 8

SARGON AKKADIAN IN HIS ANTI-BOMB SUIT by Hussein Adel Stop Motion Video | Installation Unique artwork, 2015 The audience follows Sargon Akkadian wearing a bomb protective suit on his walk, moving from place to place, from 2003 until today. Four photos with different situations go through changes which are underlined by sound effects ranging from a Saddam speech to bomb explosions, and in contrast, typical Iraqi songs. Hussein Adel (b. Nasseriya, 1994) graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, Visual Art Department. He works together with the Iraqi Independent Film Centre. He is specialised in animation films and works on several animation films such as “Iraqi Superman” and “Sperm”. He additionally works as a caricaturist, dealing in his artworks with political and socially critical themes. He has publishings in many local newspapers and presented so far in several local and international galleries. 6