Project : #whenwallsbecamebirds 2017 – July 2020 – ongoing
by Sehr Jalil
The idea is to let them fly away – to let them go…
This project is an ongoing experiment where I am inviting those of you who acquire a piece of it to became a part of it in the process. ‘when walls became birds’ is a second phase of a wall project installation
with customized greeting cards -its in the hope that these ‘walls’ (metaphor for these cards) can move where ever they have to.. creating pathways, changing directions, opening, falling #flying or even diluting... I INTEND TO CREATE A #map of/ for these walls once they’ve reached their DESTINATIONS…this is in faith that we the ‘human beings’ are beyond walls, borders and circumstance. I’ve also been sharing a few WWBB posts on my instagram and Facebook studio pages.
Project history :This installation came along when post USA elections, 2017, all I heard on national and international Television those days was the making and building of walls – I thought about the wall as a division, as an #opening, I thought about walls in the mind and heart and walls on digital online platforms.. walls of poems , art and literature, walls of revolutions, walls made and broken -Each ‘card/sculpture/painting’ , entails a wall : in #history #metaphor #smell #sense #vision or #mood . – The ‘which wall’ cards from the project /installation that I have shown here are a scape of walls and their being and not being through history and thoughts. The outside (back) of the cards comes from the #allegorical idea of “#mirror mirror on the wall…”
Note for those of you who wish to acquire one or more : the 50$ value(not inclusive of shipping) is a one time value which I kept in synch with and in honor of the #artistsupportpledge culture on Instagram. A trend/project by @matthewburrowsstudio. Where every 1000 $ I earn, I’ll spend 200$ to buy an other artist’s work.
This value will change and any of these pieces wont be available for acquisition/buying after September 2020. Also if you really wish to acquire one with some idea for barter/exchange instead of the 50$ price let me know about that too.
you can DM me on sehrjalilstudio instagram or facebook or email on sjkayani@gmail.com
Frame and display/keeping of the pieces is subject to your choice once they are with you. Frame as a sculpture or a painting, keep in a box or a book – whatever you want.
The third phase of the project will begin once all pieces have reached their destinations.
Photo Credits/art documentation : Natasha Zubair
Art medium :
Digital #collage mixed media on customized #greetingcards 6″x8″ inches each.
hovering in yellow back of card – random selection red wanted to be blue every wall is an artery and a sky prayers answered in a night time back of card – random selection swooshed alive can I stamp my face on your face ? there’s a rainbow under the tunnel built for the generations My snow is the same as your grass greens are better than fumes celestial mapping inside my ear who needed the staircase ? meeting behind the silver linings lavender is a signed treaty which got lost in the mountains I made a fountain of a tree melt when the time is good ocean inside the inkpot infinity grows in weeds the line of your mouth is a bluebird volcano brained and turquoise hearted back of card – random selection let them be born again under their own yellow sky a history in every color confiding in green fire cracked inside my heart can you buy me a golden sky thought islands for homeless people autumn is not fruitless falling is an illusion marooned a mountain lives inside the shirt that wasn’t ironed soul grid spirit brick cabbaged vows did you receive my flowers ? the girl who never left her valley every window is not a wall perfume is residue let the hearing be crazier than the calling outside / front text of all pieces how many ribbons were tied and bouquets kept ? back – random selection angels hovered over the walls flowers were heavy – stones weightless a space for a lantern does the child in you still climb walls ? a stranger on that journey roses on the tip of my heels zenith under the arch of your eyebrow the names were revealed in the deep end of the ocean the wires died the day you came she hid neon stories inside the bricks the art of falling in one piece forests grow in every foundation borrowing a little bit of your sky war found peace pink flamingoes finally found their their tree yellow and halo they didn’t watch what they needed to see i promise there’s joy on one side world peace is under your cuff heaven under my chin floating in your own white dreams you shred I thread furnace and fragrance chambers and locks can be opened always heaven under my chin I faded only to let you find me there’s no end to that city the tower we built together back of card – random selection back of card – random selection back of card – random selection back of card – random selection back of card – random selection initial installation display