Artist: Yasmine El Meleegy
Exhibition title: The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon
Curated by: Valerie Keller, Matthias Liechti
Venue: For, Basel, Switzerland
Date: September 30 – November 11, 2023
Photography: Gina Folly / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and For
What a pleasure it would be to sit in the theatre and experience in real life how a group of talking bees in yellow and black costumes storm a steaming laboratory made of papier-mâché, as the audience under the surrounding noise of loud buzzing and trembling begins to hope and conjure up the inevitable moment when the dragon enters the stage, only there is no stage and no audience, because the audience itself wears horse masks and marches together with the dragon across the streets towards an uncertain future. When reality resembles a science-fiction narrative, in which not only the infinity of the universe and the retrogression of time are difficult to grasp, but also the patenting of plants and colors and the rapid rhythm of extinct organisms elude one’s imagination – then potential for action may open up precisely where the boundary between the fictional and the real becomes blurred and the imagination of an alternative reality can be experienced. New myths are built on the ruins of violently induced losses, repairing the familiar in symbolic dimension and forming a battalion in which the paralysis can be cured and the threat can be met in shared, playful leadership. Welcome!
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, exhibition view, For, Basel
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, exhibition view, For, Basel
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, Future Farms (Organic), 2023, polyester, fiberglass, 2k-paint, acrylic, corn husks, EPAL-pallets, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, exhibition view, For, Basel
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, exhibition view, For, Basel
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, InkJet print on transparent film, dia-projector, vegetable boxes, food grade safe pp leno bags, cushions, 80 slides, loop, installation dimensions variable
Yasmine El Meleegy, The six hundred seventy-four forms and a dragon, 2023, exhibition view, For, Basel
Yasmine El Meleegy, Harvest Mold, 2023, gypsum, 58 x 52 x 10 cm