{"id":368,"date":"2023-04-16T15:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/artsy2022\/?page_id=368"},"modified":"2023-05-06T03:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T03:27:06","slug":"walking-along-my-foot-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/artsy2022\/walking-along-my-foot-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Along My Footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OUT OF THE VASE\u2019S NECK the immersive experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023, Hanan Khan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a saying back home \u201cFinally out of the vase\u2019s neck\u201d meaning out of the hardship experience into the life we want to live in or it might also means out of you family\u2019s control. We also have another saying\u201d We Arabic speakers tend to use English to express our emotions most of the time because we are oppressing our real emotions by not expressing our emotions in Arabic\u201d The reason behind this saying because Arabic is rich in vocabulary and using English to express emotions limit how deep the emotion actually is. I personally almost always avoid listing to songs in Arabic because it hit my every sting of emotion and rack me. Thus, I listen to English music more to avoid hitting my emotional stings. GUILTY as charged as the saying said. In This body of work, I chose to reconnect with my emotions and also immerse the viewer in a new experience. Even though it will be a foreign language to most viewers the emotional output is there: of reaching out of rock bottom and getting out of the bottom into freedom. This is a mixed media piece that contains: Pottery, fake candle, tablecloth, hula-hoops, bungee robes, zip tights, and calligraphy written in Arabic with different sharpie pens. Song\/ Lyrics is by Saad Aziz. Sung by Aflah al-Masrorry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Song translation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You who are riding the journey of life, don\u2019t think it is short and fascinating. Because how many riders wanted a destination, but the road ended up closed on their face. Life is a game, and it\u2019s rule is not by reaching first, but by falling and falling is a chance for your dream to measure the commitment, did you give up or did you continued. So, continue, continue because that is life  ttra traa. Continue, continue sometimes it\u2019s beautiful, and sometimes it hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the road you will meet a lot of people but be careful not all of them are friends. Even love on the road seems missing, but it is hiding behind the curtains. So, take a step back to see it clearly, then, step a thousand steps to the existing beauty. And choose to stand tall or be a flat checker\u2019s piece on your father board! you have the choice my friend! So, keep Going, and never stop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This work is a visual story telling about oppression of female in Saudi. It is my own experience it\u2019s not necessary every female story from Saudi. The vase represents the society itself, palm tree represent one side of the country-nature, beauty, wealth, and agriculture. On the other hand, the figure represents another side of the country- female struggle to reach freedom, clam their own identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The curtains immerses the viewer with the intention of giving the viewer the sense of what is it like to be inside the vase. The outside of the curtains one is covered with dark paint in a chaotic way, and the other is clean for the purpose of emphasizing that there is always two sides of one story. The inside of the curtains I wrote the lyrics of the song to show that the word of the song is what keep most women from giving up. The table clothes represent society\u2019s expectation from females, I wrote on it in Arabic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n