Salih Albarrak is a designer based in Riyadh, he has a profound interest in the overlap between storytelling, alchemy, and design. This journey has allowed him to construct a fabric of works and techniques, effectively capturing the essence of speculative social and political structures that reside on the fringes of reality.
Salih Albarrak is an architect/artist based in Riyadh, he has a profound interest in the overlap between storytelling, alchemy, and design. This journey has allowed him to construct a fabric of works and techniques, effectively capturing the essence of speculative social and political structures that reside on the fringes of reality. The Prayful Fruit (2019)
drawing + sound
“In my mind's eye, where thoughts flicker and fade, there linger vestiges of visions, amongst them, the dance of sunlit oranges in boxes, caught in the silent act of prayer. This is the nature of my quest: to weave these fragments into a tapestry, a freeze-framed sigil of contemplation. The usual chaos, which doesn't require much imagination, becomes more complex when it's infused with the citrus scent of those prayerful fruits. Daily, my heart seeks, never satisfied, daily, I labor, reshaping the very fibers of my psyche, mending its fabric, worn thin by the past. And as I shift the very space, infusing it with the whispered prayers of oranges, I find time itself bending to my will. With a fixed gaze upon the horizon, I draw forth the very plasma of existence, allowing it to swirl and dance before me.”
