SEPARATED BY MILLENNIA BY SARAH AL-SARRAJ

Separated by Millennia is a body of work exploring notions of survival, time, ancestry and ecology. Through a series of paintings, viewers are invited to follow the story of a mythical clan of temporal nomads who developed time travel capabilities. They are the stewards and rhythm keepers of the natural world, preserving biodiversity and ecological balance as a form of worship. Inspired by astronomy and ecological calendars, as well as methods of wayfinding and navigation indigenous to the Arab region. The paintings follow the clan’s journey from living in relative harmony to their fracture and separation into descendants and ancestors as the two resultant groups travel into the past and the future respectively.

Separated by Millennia is supported by Freelands Foundation and co-commissioned by the Arab British Centre and  Shubbak Festival, curated by Jessica El Mal.

Sarah Al-Sarraj is a British-Iraqi visual artist based between Leicester and London.

For more: https://www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/whatson/separated-by-millennia-by-sarah-al-sarraj/