mahogany box
1.5 cm³
2014-2018
bronze belly I
bronze, sealed lead
bust 33" waist 26" hip 36"
11.9kg
bronze belly II
bronze, sealed lead
bust 33" waist 26" hip 36"
10.3kg
bronze belly III
bronze, sealed lead
bust 33" waist 26" hip 36"
9.6kg
bronze belly IV
bronze, sealed lead
bust 33" waist 26" hip 36"
10.4kg
1 decade of hair
37cm hair plait and bound
cut on 23 April by Steph Hartop at Bodega, New York
betadine
1875 ml antiseptic solution (10.0%) mopped onto the floor
low relief
thermometer, wax on brass
max 90°F
27 x 33 x 18 cm
text by Carlos Kong and Lydia Ourahmane
2 sheets of 8.5 x 11 in archival paper nailed to wall
GLOSSARY
in Norwegian the ability to see; masc. a vision, fem. hallucination - syn
hard reddish-brown timber from a tropical tree, used for quality furniture - mahogany
a container with a flat base and sides, typically square or rectangular and having a lid - box
the amount of space that a substance or object occupies - volume
fine thread-like strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals - hair
a single length of hair, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands - plait
a limitation or restriction on feeling or action - bound
to make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object - cut
a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin - bronze
a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them coming apart or to prevent anything passing between them - sealed
a soft, ductile material, used figuratively as a symbol of something heavy, poisonous when heated - lead
a woman’s chest as measured around her breasts - bust
the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below - waist
the circumference of the body at the buttocks - hip
classified according to the height of the figures’ projection or detachment from the background - relief
quantitative data concerning the population, such as the number of births, marriages, and deaths - vital statistics
the conversion of something from one form or medium into another - translation
to secure or identify something precisely - nail
remain poised uncertainly in one place or between two states - hovering
the act of wiping something clean - mop
disinfectant, preparation - antiseptic
provide a substitute for (something that is broken, old, or inoperative) - replace
Lydia Ourahmane (b. 1992, Saϊda, Algeria) lives and works in Algiers. Exhibitions include Vies en Video, Museum of Modern Art, Algiers (forthcoming); Crude, Jameel Art Center, Dubai (2018); Manifesta 12, Palermo, Sicily (2018); Jaou, Tunis (2018); Droit du Sang (blood right), Kunstverien München, Munich (solo, 2018); 2018 New Museum Triennial: Songs for Sabotage, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2018); The you in us, Chisenhale Gallery, London (solo, 2018); a good neighbour, 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017); Social Calligraphies, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2016); and Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2014).