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A Body Finding Freedom Within Itself, Malda Smadi
A Body Finding Freedom Within Itself, Malda Smadi
Masters Theses
When a dislocation of any type occurs, whether geographical, emotional, or spiritual, the disorder pushes the self to retreat to safety. For me, that safety is in my body. It is in this place of retreat where I locate my original home.
In this space of translocation, I forage for materials from my surroundings and places that I belong to. Moving between Dubai, Damascus, Beirut, and Providence, I shape a reality dependent on what is available. I then transform these materials, searching for the forms and relationships that emerge while meditating on home and the body as a moving vessel …
The Body Extended, Yi Yang
The Body Extended, Yi Yang
Masters Theses
The book isn’t meant to have a center. The book is not meant to be read in order.
A book is made up of different dates and different speeds.
The chapters of the book delve nonlinearly into a range of philosophic, scientific, and political subjects connected by threads of ideas that go off in different directions at different speeds and different intensities.
Accompanying my research, memories, and project documentation, I record personal anecdotes that reflect my passion and my obsessions, as well as lay the foundation for the included work.
The book is a map book, a roots book, an …