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structures in which are placed audio feeds to another well in another country. They serve to bridge international barriers in the simple action of establishing communication. In this way the well shows that people can come together despite political, religious, or cultural distance and boundaries.
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Chelgis installations overturn prototypical views of hair and women's relationship to their hair. Moghaddam controls the audience's view of hair in her art, revealing it as symbolic of the
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in two very different countries. As evidenced in videos of audiences interacting with the wells, these installations serve as a curious attraction and an intriguing means of conversation for people who might never be engaged otherwise. Moghaddam's installation involves the construction of well
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The over 800,000 young lives taken in the war are represented in the installation by a central basin, out of which bleeds and bubbles a continuous stream of red water. The blood serves to represent these
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