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The tin soldier industry peaked between the two World Wars, while the Middle East was undergoing a process of re-mapping. Middle East’s contemporary armies have yet to be rendered in toy soldier sets. Tin Soldiers is a depiction of nine armies that were implicated in, or subject to, acts of war in today’s Middle East.<br/><br/>Tin Soldiers appeared as an installation of metal figures and as a publication and exhibition project. The editions explore the extended presence of militarization, and the set up of formal and informal fighters, published in 2012.<br/><br/>The Tin Soldiers publication project was printed with support from and shown at the 9th Gwangju Biennial, 2012. Selected works from the publication project was shown at The Ungovernables, New Museum Triennial, 2012. An installation of 12,261 customized toy soldiers was produced in the context of Home Works 5’, Beirut 2010, and 12th Istanbul Biennial, 2011. |
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Texts by Doa Aly, Motaz Attalla, Luici Basta (Mehmetcik), Mario Cuesta Hernando, Faisal Darraj, Ahmed Hefnawy, Rasha Salti, Mohamed Sadek, Adania Shibli, Oraib Toukan, Fouad Elkoury, Abdul Hay Mosallam, Maha Maamoun, Cevdet Erek, Rita Ponce de Leon, Adania Shibli, Francis Alys, Kamal Mufti, Nicolas Paris, Ahmed Hefnawy, Rayyane Tabet, Mario Cuesta Hernando, Imran Qureshi, Adachi and Wakamatsu, Produced with the support from the Gwangju Biennale Foundation in the context of ROUNDTABLE: the 9th Gwangju Biennale 2012. Contributors include Masao Adachi and Koji Wakamatsu, Doa Aly, Francis Alys, Motaz Attalla, Fouad Elkoury, Cevdet Erek, Ahmed Hefnawy, Maha Maamoun, Abdul Hay Mosallam, Kamal Mufti, Nicolas Paris, Rita Ponce de Leon, Imran Qureshi, Rayyane Tabet, Oraib Toukan, Luici Basta, Mario Cuesta Hernando, Faisal Darraj, Rasha Salti, Mohamed Sadek, Adania Shibli. National Library Jordan: 2012/8/2994 |