IS2: BRIDGE 4 TRYPTIC – May 2019

 

For my final project I created a tryptic inspired by cubism and shadow boxes. The idea of my collection is preservation and representation. I created three different boxes that each have theme but in unity represent my research of Islam, Islamophobia and the Muslim community. My first box on the left that contains the fabric represents victims of Islamophobic hate crimes. The box in the middle represents my initial research sources and my development of my thesis. The box on the far right represents community, the five pillars of Islam, and peace. Displayed together all three of them unified represent the 1.8 billion of Muslims that live in peace every day.

On left: Inside of this shadow box, I decided to represent victims of Islamophobia through fabric because clothing is a universal necessity as well as something that categorizes people, as well as brings people together. I chose to wrap the pieces of fabric in a thread that decomposes in the ground to signify the deaths/burial of those who have passed away. There was no way for me to represent every single person that has ever been killed or passed away because of Islamophobic hate crimes so I tried to match a fabric to what each of the victims I did research on was wearing on the day they were attacked, shot, beaten, etc. For instance I collected a black piece of cotton to represent the Sikh men (such as Balbir Singh Sodi) that were killed. Each piece of fabric represents someone’s story.

In middle: I presented this box for my Bridge 3 project. This visualization inspired the tryptic idea. My initial research began with Islamophobia and really grasping the stereotype. I chose to break the glass on the case to show the “breaking of this stereotype” and inside I put different cooking elements (tea, lavender, oats, Himalayan salt, spices, etc) to represent each of my initial sources.

On right: Inside of this shadow box I created a visualization of a building out of polypropylene. This building has a base, five pillars and a roof. The five pillars represent the five pillars of Islam. The base of this building represents the foundation for which this religion is built on and the people that hold it. The triangle roof represents peace and how all pillars are equal to one another and just as important.

 

 

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