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About the Ar*st
• Hessa Ali Aljoker is an Emira) born ar)st. Graduate student of Dubai’s Women college . 2010. Specialized in graphic designing in Zayed University. Her work is a combina)on of anima)on and ink drawing. Hessa’s last experience was with La Biennale di venezia in 2011. Art Dubai exhibitor. One of the performers of the exchange program of Queen Elizabeth between the United Kingdoms and The United Arab Emirates. Hessa is currently working on spreading her unique fashion pieces world-‐widely.
Art –related experience • Key work shop:
2009 Jewellery design work shop. 2008 University of applied Sciences North-‐western Switzerland. 2005 Coal colour drawing, Oil, watercolour, Dubai Women’s. Exhibi)on: 2011 par)cipate in the third intellectual conference in Bahrain.
• 2012 Displaying in Abu Dhabi Art . • Displaying in Art Dubai / Sikka Art fair / design days with DXB store . • 2010 Par)cipant in the Circle performance by Patricia Millns For HRH Queen Elizabeth state visit to UAE Bri)sh Council/ Bri)sh Embassy
Commission. Displaying a panel with Abraaj Capital in Celebra)on of Entrepreneurship 2010.
• Jala Art Trip exhibi)on. • EcoArt Challenge • Character Dubai. • 2009 Hct Arts& Media exhibi)on in Emira)s Palace in Abu Dhabi. 2008 Her Highness Sheikha Manal Al Maktoum exchange art. • Character Dubai. • Dubai Creek exhibi)on with Dubai Culture & Arts Authority. • 2007 University of Virginia compe))ons in Qatar. Contest drawing environmental Dubai Municipality. • Displaying a panel for the Dubai Cultural Council in the Global Village. 2006 Interna)onal pain)ng compe))ons in Romania. • Crea)ve child compe))on. 2005 Student tradi)onal compe))on. • 2004 Mosaic of The biggest wall chart of his highness Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan. • Art ages fes)val, compe))on in Al Athba School.
The abstruseness While I was roaming through the city of lights: discovering and capturing the last glimpse of the old remains of the city. What captured my afen)on the most was how every door and gate of each house that I passed by was different than the other. An ocean wide of thoughts crept into my head, wondering how hard yet simple the ci)zens of this place survive. However, the first thought that swam its way through my head, was that beyond these windows and doors, is more than what we believe and think; these weathered and splintered doors might carry lots of sorrow and misery, but it can also carry happiness and comfort. My theme is called “the abstruseness” because the houses and their households are difficult to understand. Looking at things from the outside doesn’t clarify everything; it doesn’t clarify how they feel or if they’re living in agony or in delight. Many people live in luxurious villas with stunning architecture, but not all of their households are happy; some of them might be facing family problems or fatal diseases. In addi)on, many people might be living in small simple houses, but they’re way happier and sa)sfied with their lives. Our society has a habit of judging something from the outside and not knowing what goes on, in the inside. Over the past couple of months, I’ve been capturing thousand of pictures of doors and windows using wide-‐angle lenses, walking through alleyways, listening to the household’s laughters and cries. Secondly, I’ve gone through my collec)on of photographs and chose my favorite thirteen photographs that carried the most depth and meaning behind them. With these photographs, I’ve exposed aged doors; how along the years, the door has corroded and decayed but surprisingly people s)ll live in these houses. Evidence to my point, is in the photographs; you can see that the old door locks were replaced with new ones and how the adver)sing s)ckers were recently posted. The light that glows from the weathered windows through the mid-‐evening is another unusual sign that shows that there are households who s)ll live there. Michael Green once said, “Don’t Judge a book by its cover, its what’s inside that mafers,” this quote is apart of my inspira)on for choosing this theme, the other part was the unexpected journey I had to the invisible area, which carries the last remains of the old life of the city, one day, in a blink of an eye, all of it will be gone, in conclusion, I chose it as loca)on of my theme. Because one day, it will all be memories. Throughout this whole project, I’ve experienced a different life, a different scenario than my usual daily life. I’ve learnt not to be judgmental and Unsympathe)c, because you never know the struggles they go through in order to survive and fulfill their dreams and wishes. Something might be so beau)ful from the outside but so cold in the inside and it also works the other way around.
