Rawan Aseedan

Statement

Rawan Aseedan is a Saudi Arabian graduate from the University of Brighton. Rawan Aseedan is a specialist in Fine art print making and has a BA in Fine Art Print Making and is currently based in London studying a postgraduate degree in MA Print.

Over the past couple of years Rawan has utilised her passion and experiences to inform her works, and has developed a specialism in ‘Screen Printing’ through the use of various mixed media objects and fabrics. Rawan has a fascination in the ways fabrics act, and is popularly known to utilise silk, cotton and scrim to develop her pieces of art and utilises these fabrics, and the addition of printing to create her large-scale multimedia installations pieces.

In addition to this, Rawan uses the inclusion of ‘Videography’ within her works to create short films to depict her vision and captures the audience through her careful selection of sound, Arabic text, Arabic calligraphy and personal experiences to inform her works. Rawan is famously known for her previous works that were exhibited at the Hove Museum on the 6th March 2019, where Rawan Aseedan’s art work Titled ‘ Amah’ – screen print was also featured as a print on paper at the Southwark Park Galleries online web store.

GlogauAIR Project

Body Mediation

The human body is the most complicated machine on this Earth, and it’s important that we treat our bodies well, and maintain the wellbeing and upmost health for our bodies through various ways including; meditation and praying. In the past years of my studies I have done extensive research into the benefits of meditating and its power of use in promoting positivity within the mind and body. It is found that meditation can reduce stress, and assist in Emotion Regulation, Physical Well-being and can improve focus & concentration levels as well as improve conflict resolutions more efficiently.

Within Islamic practices, it is found that Islamic meditation has been practiced since the 7th Century and has been practiced in various methods including; Zikr – which is a form of meditation that involves the remembrance of Allah, and can be practiced at any point during the day. Another form of Islamic meditation includes the recitation of Quran and Dua, and praying 5 times a day to grow closer to Allah, and the Islamic religion. Finally another aspect of Islamic meditation can be practiced through the method of ‘Ruqyah Syar’iyyah’. The use of ‘Ruqyah Syar’iyyah is the use and recitation of Quran and its effectiveness in ‘clamming down and prevent any harm.’ The ‘Ruqyah Syar’iyyah’ is a spiritual treatment that is practiced within Islam, and utilises the Quran and Dua in treating illnesses. This form of meditation is used to cure common illnesses including the cure for ‘Hasad’ the cure for evil eye, black magic and physical ailments. In addition to the use of Quran & Dua recitation within ‘Ruqyah Syar’iyyah’ the use of natural remedies including the use of honey, black seed, olive oil and holy water are used within the meditation process as well as cupping. Through the method of these practices, the last step of meditation is practiced through the form of Sabr, which involves the practice of ‘perseverance’ and ‘persistence’ in the Islamic faith and the Islamic practices to remove any harm.

For my works, I have selected one participant that comes from a different background to participate in the use Islamic mediation as I am interested in discovering more about the views and experiences of the participant and their opinion on Islamic meditation. The participant will be involved in a test study once a week and will be practicing the forms of reciting Quran and Zikr, and at the end of the month the participant will document 150 words in writing about their experiences and involvement within this study. The feedback collected by the participant will be used to form the basis of my work and I will utilise their emotions, experiences and thoughts to help direct my works.

In addition to the physical test study work, I will also do extensive research into material sourcing and will look at fabrication including; silk, cotton and scrim. The use of selected fabrication is an important tool, and will inform the creation of my works. The use of specific fabrics will help to inform my work, and will assist in transforming the vision of my work into a three dimensional art piece. I will use do further research into testing out fabrics and I will look at fabric shaping. Additionally I will also look into artists work for inspiration, and utilise large-scale multimedia installations , sounds ,videos, insulation and mixed media for the basis of my inspiration and research tools.

CV Summary

• EDUCATION, currently studying Ma print at  ROYAL COLLGE OF ART,
• UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON, fine art print making 
• UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON, Foundation year in arts 

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