Revolutionary Failure
20 January 2021

is it safe to order Clomiphene online 2021 – In response to the tenth anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, I revisited the images I made during the eighteen days of protest in Cairo in 2011. A selection of them have been rephotographed, then an acid has been used to erase the emulsion from the film surface before the photograph is manually developed. The results are located between rephotographs and deliberate erasures. 

buy priligy in usa The images mark the passing of the revolution from lived experience into the realm of historical event. They reflect a process of remembering paired with an attempt to forget. My generation rose up to transform our greatest frustrations into our highest hopes. As we met our limits and witnessed the catastrophe that followed, the uprising became our greatest disappointment.

A closing event was held on 25 January at Noir Darkroom, in which a selection of other related works was exhibited in the gallery. 

‘Revolutionary Failure #6’, archival pigment print, edition 1 of 5.

Installation shot for ‘Revolutionary Failure’ at Noir Darkroom.

‘Revolutionary Failure’, archival pigment prints, edition 1 of 5, 41cmX29cm each, custom Tasmanian Oak frames.⁣

Installation shot for ‘Revolutionary Failure’ closing event at Noir Darkroom.

‘Cow without a head’, print on fabric, 248cmX195cm.

From the closing event of ‘Revolutionary Failure’ at Noir Darkroom.

‘Vinegar..Soldier..Coke’, cyanotype on cotton paper, 60cmX120cm each, edition 2 of 6.
From the closing event of ‘Revolutionary Failure’ at Noir Darkroom.

Documenting the Friday of Anger (28 Jan 2011) when Egyptians had the bottles of vinegar and coke to face the tear gas, the labels of the vinegar and coke bottles have been modified with the instructions of use to be produced as “revolutionary products” used to eliminate the effect of the tear gas during the demonstrations.

Details of ‘Vinegar..Soldier..Coke’, cyanotype on cotton paper, 60cmX120cm each, edition 2 of 6.
From the closing event of ‘Revolutionary Failure’ at Noir Darkroom.

‘Following the policeman #2’, oil on silver gelatin print, edition 1 of 5 + 1AP, 41cmX29cm, Tasmanian Oak custom frame.
From the closing event of ‘Revolutionary Failure’ at Noir Darkroom.
The image was appropriated from Google Street View, edited by removing every person from view, leaving the lone policeman as a representative of the authority. It was then printed manually in the darkroom and hand-colored using oil paint.

‘Revolutionary Failure #11’, scanned 35mm film.

‘Revolutionary Failure #12’, scanned 35mm film.

‘Revolutionary Failure #13’, scanned 35mm film.

‘Revolutionary Failure #14’, scanned 35mm film.

‘Revolutionary Failure #15’, scanned 35mm film.

‘Revolutionary Failure #1’, archival pigment print, edition 1 of 5.

Detailed installation shot for ‘Revolutionary Failure’ at Noir Darkroom.

The moment they announced the withdrawal of Mubarak in Tahrir Square, 11 Feb 2011. The celebrations lasted for the rest of the night and marked the end of the 18 days of protest.

Music: Loticia by K.M.Krebs and Mystified (freemisicarchivel).

From a video I filmed on 11 Feb 2011, the end of the 18 days of protest in Tahrir Square and a few hours after the withdrawal of Mubarak.

Music: Loticia by K.M.Krebs and Mystified (freemisicarchivel).