The artist explores spatial possibilities using light and mundane objects, blurring the boundary between object and light. The light becomes the object and the object carries the light. The lit voids form compositions that bring rhythm and movement, confining light into abstract forms. The installations and sculptures aim to have viewers encounter objects and experience the intangibility of light in a concrete way.

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My work is an exploration of spatial possibilities created with the help of light and
mundane objects. The boundary between the object and light is blurred in order to
create an ephemeral experience. I use light as an analogy for the object as the light
itself becomes the object and the object is merely a carrier of light. They involve the
spectator to respond to the choreographed conditions of light and darkness making it
an abstraction of something concrete. The lit up voids will form a composition which
brings rhythm and movement to the rigidity of the object. When it is enveloped with
the surroundings, the object confines light into a form which becomes the content.
The void is never unspoken and that is what my installations and sculptures ought to
be about. Light pushes the viewers to have a bodily encounter with the object , to
have a moment of concrete engagement with the intangibility of light. My works are
mostly invasive; isolating; and crude, yet undeniably real, present and alive.
Manal Sadiq
manalsadiq@gmail.com

2. Right side view Left side view
Title: The Void is Not Silent
Size: 92 x 36cm
Medium: Light Bulbs + Wood
Date: October 2014
Starting off with two basic colors of light, red and blue, the voids were filled with colored light. The effect when it’s enveloped with the
surroundings, confining light into a form which becomes the content.
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3. Title: The Void is Not Silent II (RGB)
Size: 12x 12 inch Each box.
Medium: Light Bulbs + Wood
Date: October 2014
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4. Title: Curiosity bound.
Size: 17 x 9 Ft Room Installation
Medium: Laser light , Metal trunk
Date: November 2014
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5. Size: Approx. 9x17 inches
Medium: LED strip light, saucepan
Date: December 2014
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6. Title: Bird’s Eye View
Size: 17 x 9 Ft Room Installation
Medium: LED light + Switch Box rear
Date: March 2015
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7. Detail
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8. Detail
Title: Sparkling Blood
Size: 8 x 9 Ft WallInstallation
Medium: LED rope light
Date: March 2015
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9. Size: Approx 28 inches high
Medium: LED strip light + Orange Cone
Date: November 2014
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10. Size: Approx 3.5 inches high
Medium: Light Bulb
Date: December 2014
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11. Size: Approx 18 inches high
Medium: Laser Light
Date: February 2015
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12. Size: Approx 19 inches high
Medium: Led Light + Plastic
Date: March2015
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13. Size: Approx 14 inches high
Medium: Led Light + Plastic
Date: March2015
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14. Title: Gender Under pressure
Size: 6x8 ft
Medium: Tube light+ Metal Rod
Date: January 2015
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15. Title: That Dialogue
Size: Approx 1.5x2.5 ft
Medium: Bulb +TV
Date: March2015
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16. Title: Shadow Play
Size: Approx 1.5x2.5 ft
Medium: Bulb +TV
Date: April 2015
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17. Title: Space Underlining
Size: Approx 3x3 ft
Medium: Tube light
Date: April 2015
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18. Size: Approx 5x 6 ft
Medium: Mix
Date: April 2015
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19. Size: 17x9 ft room Installation
Medium: Bulb + wood
Date: April 2015
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20. Title: TV Riot
Size: Approx 8.5 ft
Medium: Bulb +TV
Date: January 2015
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22. Title: Grid Siesta
Size: Approx 3.5 x8 ft
Medium: Led + Metal structure
Date: April 2015
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23. Manal Sadiq 23
Size: Approx 3.5 x5 ft
Medium: Led bulb
Date: March 2015

24. Manal Sadiq 24
Title: Light Grocery
Size: Approx 3.5 x8 ft
Medium: Led + tube lights + Metal structure
Date: May 2015

25. Manal Sadiq 25
Title: Spin
Size: Average Washing machine
Medium: Led
Date: May 2015