Blood Washing addresses honor killing practices in northern Iraq, a project related to my experience of facing the risk of losing my life for honor killing. It is an art installation of lightboxes illuminating the shapes of deformed uteruses. Juxtaposing this womb installation are two video art pieces positioned on the opposite wall to the lightboxes. Both videos depict the artist’s process of creating the uteri images by applying paint to a glass pane with his fingers. Video 1 on the left side of the wall is fast paced with sound, while on the right, video 2 is slow and muted. Blood Washing is an artwork that depicts the power dynamic in my patriarchal society.... read the full statement and the nerative here

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The Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art/ Marywood University
Video Art Performance 
Video 1#: 6 Minutes- Video 2#: 3:28 Seconds
Installation: Oil colors on Latex and Polyethylene Size: 154 x 48 inches _ 18 frames of 17 x 14 inches

Video 1#

Video 2#

​Video Performance: Huner Emin
Video Editing: Alex Weidner
Assistance: Annmarie Holler
Technical Assistance: Tim Clauss
Supervisors: Robert Schweitzer
                     Steven Alexander
                     Pamela Parson
                     Dr. Linda Dugan Partridge
                     Peter Hoffer
Special Thanks: Robert Schweitzer and Steven Alexander
Language editing: Amaya Alexandra Ramos