in the whole time that I’ve lived in
Pakistan I may have gone inside a mosque
maybe five times and it may have been
only because of tourism so I’ve never
actually gone inside a mosque to pray
that was a public space that could have
been a world of creativity for women but
they are not allowed to be in there
culturally
taking that world of creativity that was
kept away from me I’m using that create
this
my awareness of the alhambra was from a
very early age being there I kind of
realized how important that
architectural space is for both the east
and the west because that’s where the
east and the west met the artisans were
not just Muslims they were Jewish as
well as Christians who were brought in
because of their ability to create
beautiful environments in my imagination
or romantically I kind of thought what a
beautiful jewel set in time with all of
these things happening around it it’s
created this metaphor of Union and then
to compare it to our times now it became
very relevant in my opinion to use it as
a symbol where we can maybe strive to be
at that moment again
and so Al Hamra became like a linchpin
to create the project around
the photos are what I used to remind
myself of what I had seen and then draw
from that so they allow me to not have
an exact replica but it allows me to
create an interpretation of the design
that I saw
I wanted to use a really strong light
that would really shine and create
strong crisp shadows so the wattage on
this bulb is about 600 watts the object
is small but it has this big presence
because of the light so it changes the
environment into this Cathedral like
space or a mosque like space that
becomes extremely full so it’s no longer
that object that’s only six and a half
feet square but it’s like encompassing
the entire space
when I walk through it of a new
walkthrough it becomes very experiential
because the light casts the shadows on
our body so we become part of the
environment
it allows everybody of every
denomination color race creed sexuality
to be in that space because it’s a place
of beauty people are coming to see it
because it is creating an environment
that makes them welcome in it that to me
is very important
you
Pakistan I may have gone inside a mosque
maybe five times and it may have been
only because of tourism so I’ve never
actually gone inside a mosque to pray
that was a public space that could have
been a world of creativity for women but
they are not allowed to be in there
culturally
taking that world of creativity that was
kept away from me I’m using that create
this
my awareness of the alhambra was from a
very early age being there I kind of
realized how important that
architectural space is for both the east
and the west because that’s where the
east and the west met the artisans were
not just Muslims they were Jewish as
well as Christians who were brought in
because of their ability to create
beautiful environments in my imagination
or romantically I kind of thought what a
beautiful jewel set in time with all of
these things happening around it it’s
created this metaphor of Union and then
to compare it to our times now it became
very relevant in my opinion to use it as
a symbol where we can maybe strive to be
at that moment again
and so Al Hamra became like a linchpin
to create the project around
the photos are what I used to remind
myself of what I had seen and then draw
from that so they allow me to not have
an exact replica but it allows me to
create an interpretation of the design
that I saw
I wanted to use a really strong light
that would really shine and create
strong crisp shadows so the wattage on
this bulb is about 600 watts the object
is small but it has this big presence
because of the light so it changes the
environment into this Cathedral like
space or a mosque like space that
becomes extremely full so it’s no longer
that object that’s only six and a half
feet square but it’s like encompassing
the entire space
when I walk through it of a new
walkthrough it becomes very experiential
because the light casts the shadows on
our body so we become part of the
environment
it allows everybody of every
denomination color race creed sexuality
to be in that space because it’s a place
of beauty people are coming to see it
because it is creating an environment
that makes them welcome in it that to me
is very important
you
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