'Minbar' John Smith

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Exploring the idea of dialogue and hierarchy, the installation is based on a minbar – a pulpit in a mosque where the imam (prayer leader) stands to deliver sermons. Only the lower steps are used, the top being restricted to the Prophet only. The work explores the desire to ascend, which is in direct opposition to the process of dialogue.

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