My Father is Still a Communist: Intimate Secrets to be Published, 2011

Ahmad Ghossein

Biennial, Commissions & Productions

My Father is Still a Communist: Intimate Secrets to be Published, 2011, installation, 8 photographs: 29.7x42cm each, 4 audio cassettes: 30min each side, video: 37min, Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio

Project Description

All that remains from Rashid Ghossein and Mariam Hamadeh’s relationship is a large collection of messages recorded over a period of ten years on audiocassettes.
“When I was a child I invented stories about a father who was a war hero fighting
with the Communist Party.” Ahmad Ghossein

April 2011

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