Emii Alrai : The High Dam

7 Feb-29 Nov 2020

Overview

The High Dam is a new solo exhibition by Leeds based artist Emii Alrai. Alrai's practice is informed by inherited nostalgia, geographical identity and post-colonial museum practices of collecting and displaying objects. Focusing on ancient mythologies from the Middle East alongside personal oral histories of Iraq, Alrai weaves together narratives by forging artefacts and visualising residues of cultural collision.