Samira Yamin Geometries II, 2010
SAMIRA YAMIN responds to at least two types of violence in her project Geometries, and accomplishes both with one deceptively simple act—cutting sacred Islamic patterns into TIME Magazine reports of the war on terror. First, there is a tension in the form itself as these delicate and beautiful designs are cut into images that often depict and/or symbolize great horrors. On another level, the altered images also interrogate pervasive stereotypes of Muslims in the American media. By cutting apart the images and imposing sacred designs, Yamin simultane- ously acts to deface and redeem these media representations.
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