Zahra Bundakji is a Saudi painter, installation, and video artist. Her works are narratives on social topics such as gender, deviance, feminism, and arab identity. She works to liberate the female form by attempting to redefine it conceptually from within the context of modern Middle Eastern culture. Between residencies and projects around Europe and the Middle East, and having lived in Montreal and San Francisco since 2008, Zahra’s work often expresses the embrace of a journey, be it physical or emotional.
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أتذكر عدد المرات التي استوقفتني فيها كلمات تلك الأغاني الرنانة التي يجتاح صيتها كل الحدود ويملأ الآفاق، وتتخلل أنغامها حساباتنا الشخصية وبرامجنا المفضلة للاستماع، وتتصدر قوائم الأغاني الأكثر استماعًا على تلك البرامج لأعوام.
“Ma-ji-dah: you taught me my name in loops and spirals; over and over, I wrote then accented the Arabic letters that end in silence.”