Pseudo-Totems
Fabric print on metal framework
Single-channel video installation
2026

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 Pseudo-Totems presents a series of reinterpolated relic forms constructed through the mash-up of archaeological and ornamental references from Southeast Asia and West Asia. Fragmented and recomposed, the works dissolve singular origins, reflecting how cultural meaning shifts under conditions of circulation and erosion.

Printed on fabric and suspended with industrial metalware, the installation occupies a space between artifact and debris, museological display and provisional structure. Accompanied by projected footage recorded in transit, the work situates the viewer within a continuous state of passage; where memory, longing, and technological mediation intersect, and subjectivity remains in perpetual movement.

Pseudo-Totems was presented as part of Relic Suspension’s takeover of Secta Collective’s ArtHub on 31 January 2026. Selected fabric works from the series were later presented as banners in Victory, a Low Hazard group exhibition held during a UAE Women’s League match at Precision Football, Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai, on 22 February 2026.







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