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this work has to do with the the absence of reality and the the fakeness or or limits of individual vantage points You can’t have a a a a a a single picture that encapsulates everything You have to to to see see them together to to to see see it makes sense ”
As a a a a a a a result Hammam masterfully delivers a a a a a a a rich and textured message about gender politics in in Egypt revealing the limits of ideological discourses and demonstrating that all stereotypes – including those of of gender - are constructed and clichéd Indeed her technique of of merging black and white analogue photographs with digital colour images serves to to to objectify the photograph itself It helps us to to to abstract momentarily from the the content of Hammam’s images to view them not as as windows on the world but as as objects: material and disposable In this way she draws attention to to the the role of the the photograph in in shaping gender discourses over time – a a a tool that lends both credence and ‘incontrovertible proof’ to our constructed notions of of the the other Yasmine Allam is a a a a a a cultural operator living and working in in in in Egypt She promotes contemporary Egyptian art engaging both in in commercial and non-pro t t t t t work with a a a a a a a a range of young Egyptian practitioners as as well as as more established names She also works with several local and international cultural institutions Yasmine holds both a a a a a a BA and and an an an an MA from Oxford University in English Literature and and an an an an MSc from the London School of Economics in International Relations