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= '''Sinechak /سینه چاک/''' = | = '''Sinechak /سینه چاک/''' = | ||
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'''''In context:''' Sacrificing all to liberate the truth of self'' | '''''In context:''' Sacrificing all to liberate the truth of self'' | ||
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=== Project Description === | |||
Sinechak is a video installation by Mahla Mosah, with sound design by David Muñoz Hasselbrink. It is a personal meditation on spirituality, grief, and human suffering, drawing from Eastern spiritual practices. The work imagines a liminal space between the world of form and the formless, where the desire for transcendence exists alongside the need to give meaning to pain and identity. | |||
Sinechak reflects the feeling of being stuck between these two states, longing to be free, yet unable to let go. It treats dreams and hallucinations as real ways of sensing the self, beyond logic or control. The open chest becomes a symbol of that fragile space in between, a place of exposure, uncertainty, and the possibility of change. | |||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
The act of ripping the chest open serves as a powerful metaphor for revealing one's true self, embracing vulnerability, and seeking deeper truths. This motif underscores human aspiration toward authenticity and connection, represented across different eastern cultures, specially persian and Indian spiritual practices and literary traditions. | The act of ripping the chest open serves as a powerful metaphor for revealing one's true self, embracing vulnerability, and seeking deeper truths. This motif underscores human aspiration toward authenticity and connection, represented across different eastern cultures, specially persian and Indian spiritual practices and literary traditions. | ||
'''''Ibn Arabi''''' interprets this ripping and expansion of the chest as a removal of veils between the individual and divine reality. The heart becomes a polished mirror, capable of reflecting the truth. | '''''Ibn Arabi''''' interprets this ripping and expansion of the chest as a removal of veils between the individual and divine reality. The heart becomes a polished mirror, capable of reflecting the truth. | ||
'''''Rumi (Jalal al-Din Balkhi)''''' uses chest and heart imagery to refer to the place where pain, love, truth, and divine presence dwell.<blockquote>''“My chest opened like a rose, not to show its beauty, but to release the perfume of secrets I could no longer hold.”'' | '''''Rumi (Jalal al-Din Balkhi)''''' uses chest and heart imagery to refer to the place where pain, love, truth, and divine presence dwell.<blockquote>''“My chest opened like a rose, not to show its beauty, but to release the perfume of secrets I could no longer hold.”'' | ||
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</blockquote>In ''Hindu mythology'', Hanuman tells Sita that anything in which Lord Ram is not there is of no worth to him. Then, some jealous courtiers ask him that does Ram exist in him? Hanuman tears his chest open, and everyone is stunned to see Lord Ram and Sita in his chest. | </blockquote>In ''Hindu mythology'', Hanuman tells Sita that anything in which Lord Ram is not there is of no worth to him. Then, some jealous courtiers ask him that does Ram exist in him? Hanuman tears his chest open, and everyone is stunned to see Lord Ram and Sita in his chest. | ||
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== | === Installation === | ||
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