{"id":506,"date":"2022-03-28T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2023-05-14T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:43:18","slug":"a-paradise-out-of-a-common-field","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/?page_id=506","title":{"rendered":"A Paradise Out Of a Common Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7-48x27.jpg 48w, https:\/\/bassamissa.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/still-7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">HD Film, CGI, 5 minutes 32 seconds Commissioned by RTE for The Illuminations Gallery <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">\u201c<strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">A Paradise Out Of A Common Field<\/mark><\/strong>\u201d is a short animated film by <a href=\"https:\/\/cowardess.online\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cowardess.online\/\">Jennifer Mehigan<\/a> and Bassam Issa<br>that explores the iconography of the zombie. The origin of the zombie in general cultural history<br>is relatively unknown, but within the confines of this film, she emerges from a lush garden and<br>is submerged into the ocean. Playing with dream worlds that consist of feral horses and writhing<br>flowers, horizons and image planes unfold to disorient viewers, while the audio transports you<br>through an interpretation of the history of the Irish graveyard and its relationship to trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/special-reports\/illuminations2020\/bassam-al-sabah\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/special-reports\/illuminations2020\/bassam-al-sabah\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>\u2661<\/strong> WATCH HERE <strong>\u2661<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><\/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\/2022\/03\/still-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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The origin of the zombie in general cultural historyis relatively unknown, but within the confines of this film, she emerges from a lush garden andis submerged into the ocean. 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