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.
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