Khozema Al-Aaed
Each work in the Cities series carries a hidden voice. Embedded within the layered surfaces are fragments of songs, lines of poetry, and irregular writing that resemble whispers rather than statements. These markings do not communicate meaning directly, but suggest a place and evoke what once existed there, what passed through it, and what left a silent trace behind.
Some symbols recur throughout the works, including Christ, the Virgin Mary, the eagle, the horse, martyrs, warriors, and the fortress. These figures do not function as literal representations, but as carriers of collective memory, belief, power, sacrifice, protection, and endurance. They appear woven into the urban fragments, as if history, faith, and myth are embedded within the city itself.
Writing within the works is not decorative, but acts as a sonic residue transformed into image. Memory moves between text, symbol, and place, allowing each city to be read not as a fixed map, but as an emotional landscape shaped by longing, struggle, and shared cultural memory.
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