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Editorial Coordinator, Concordia University
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Azza El Siddique's art installations enthrall the senses to capture feelings language can't represent
By Saelan Twerdy| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Verified When you step into one of Azza El Siddique's art installations, it's likely that the first thing you notice will be a scent. It might be sandaliya, a sandalwood oil often used to prepare bodies in Muslim burial practice, or it could be bakhoor, a form of incense made of compressed wood chips soaked in perfumed oils such as myrrh, rose, and frankincense.
By Saelan Twerdy| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Verified Widely regarded as one of the world's most prestigious showcases for contemporary art, the Venice Biennale opened with Aperol spritz-soaked celebrations this past weekend after a three-year, pandemic-induced hiatus. And there representing Canada is Vancouver-based multimedia artist Stan Douglas, who's showing his photographic series 2011 ≠ 1848 in the Canadian pavilion as well as the video installation ISDN in a 16th-century Venetian salt warehouse.
Azza El Siddique's art installations enthrall the senses to capture feelings language can't represent
By Saelan Twerdy| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Verified When you step into one of Azza El Siddique's art installations, it's likely that the first thing you notice will be a scent. It might be sandaliya, a sandalwood oil often used to prepare bodies in Muslim burial practice, or it could be bakhoor, a form of incense made of compressed wood chips soaked in perfumed oils such as myrrh, rose, and frankincense.
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