{"id":321,"date":"2020-04-05T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2023-05-14T19:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:44:57","slug":"dissolving-beyond-the-worm-moon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/?page_id=321","title":{"rendered":"Dissolving Beyond The Worm Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-24x16.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-36x24.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8-BassamAlsabah-48x32.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">\u00a0Dissolving by the Worm Moon\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong>presents new and existing works that convey visions of war, resistance, and perseverance. Using video, painting, and sculpture, Bassam\u2019s installations are concerned with how the past is constantly reviewed to meet the present. Examining the agendas and effects of children\u2019s broadcasting in Iraq between 1970 to the present day, scenes of war and destruction are shown in parallel with fantasy and reality, the hero and the everyday, the make-believe and fact. As the juvenile fantasy breaks down into the veracity of adulthood, the links between violence, representation, and preservation are deconstructed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dissolving-Beyond-the-Worm-Moon-40_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"335\" src=\"http:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dissolving-Beyond-the-Worm-Moon-40_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dissolving-Beyond-the-Worm-Moon-40_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Dissolving-Beyond-the-Worm-Moon-40_1-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Using video, painting, and sculpture, Bassam\u2019s installations are concerned with how the past is constantly reviewed to meet the present. 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