Maryam Hassan -Cairo, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts, 6th October University. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Arts (Cinema) from Helwan University. She also holds a master’s degree in (Photography and Cinema) and a Diploma in Art Therapy. She focuses on the history of images, their role in visual culture and identity, and their social and psychological impact. She has held several solo exhibitions in Egypt and Europe. She has received numerous awards in photography and participated in international exhibitions, including the Sarajevo International Festival, the Revolution Festival in Tunisia, and the Mediterranean Youth Biennale. She also won prizes in various art salons such as the Nile Salon and the Youth Salon and was awarded a grant from the Cultural Resource Foundation in Brussels.
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In this hauntingly structured composition, the raw energy of civil unrest is transformed into a rigid, kaleidoscopic pattern. By mirroring images of a crowd in what appears to be a moment of confrontation or labor, the artist removes the specific narrative of the event and replaces it with a meditation on cyclical struggle.
The heavy, sepia-toned texture creates a 'historical' veil over the contemporary figures, suggesting that the scenes we witness are not merely isolated incidents, but part of a long-standing human pattern. The central void created by the mirroring acts as a focal point of stillness amidst a sea of frantic movement, inviting the viewer to question the stability of the structures—both architectural and social—that frame our lives. It is a work that occupies the tense space between a documentary record and a decorative tapestry of dissent