Riet Wijnen: Saloua Raouda Choucair

The publication is an alternative monograph of the eponymous artist Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916–2017). The first part is of the book is over 170 pictures the artist made of her own work. The second part is an extensive lexicon of words closely related to Choucair practice such as, ‘DNA’, ‘Dual’, ‘Water’, ‘Equation’, ‘Mu’allaqãt’, ’Salt and Pepper Shaker’, ‘Abstraction’ and  ‘Clay and Ceramic’ developed by artists, designers, poets, biologists, hackers, musicians, technicians, translators, writers, and mathematicians. Rather than seeking an interpretation of these words in relation to Choucair’s practice, they were invited to write a personal definition addressing how the word applies in their practice and thinking. Multiple practitioners wrote on the same word, opening up each word to multiple interpretations and readings; facilitating looking at the work of Choucair through different lenses, crossing professions, geographies, cultural systems and time.