Afghanistan

Narges Mohammadi

England had been the intended but never reached destination of Narges' family on leaving Afghanistan. Traveling with her all the way were Narges’ little pair of gold earrings. All the way to the Netherlands where she became stranded and now to Britain, they were the only item not bartered, lost or taken along the way. This little bit of potential commodity in a small weight of gold was kept just a little safer from thieves and thugs along the way, hanging on the ears of a young girl. A new work made for the exhibition will see that transformation completed on her arrival to London -- an earing melted and its potential value realized. Just as migrant and refugee families are required to conform to local standards, so too will the gold, attempting but not quite managing to hold the form of a British coin. The destruction of the only thing, besides herself, to have survived the dangerous journey and witness the horrors along the way might appear as sacrilege -- the destruction of a precious relic. But with this comes a relief: carrying one less physical embodiment of that specter. The shadow of what the cast coin once was sits with it as an empty mold, and with it the hopeful release and sharing of some of those memories.


Narges Mohammadi

Because you think it gives you hope

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