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

Ahmad Ghossein
My Father is Still a Communist: Intimate Secrets to be Published, 2011
Installation
8 photographs: 29.7 x 42 cm each
4 audio cassettes: 30 minutes each side
Video: 37 minutes
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio

Overview

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

This project was commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 10

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation

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

Ghossein, Ahmad
2011

Installation
8 photographs: 29.7 x 42 cm each
4 audio cassettes: 30 minutes each side
Video: 37 minutes
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio

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

Ghossein, Ahmad
2011

Installation
8 photographs: 29.7 x 42 cm each
4 audio cassettes: 30 minutes each side
Video: 37 minutes
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio

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

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

Ghossein, Ahmad
2011

Installation
8 photographs: 29.7 x 42 cm each
4 audio cassettes: 30 minutes each side
Video: 37 minutes
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio

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