Magey Raajje Nathidhanee (My Homeland Fades Away)
Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2024
Artist: Sophia Nasif (British & Maldivian (dual))
Dimensions:
5 objects, each 16.5 x 28cm
Medium: Epsom Enhanced Matte Paper
Object number: UAC 1155
DescriptionSophia studied MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication. She introduces us to the Euripides quote: 'What greater grief than the loss of one's native land', and then goes on to say: 'Dhivehi Rajje, known by the rest of the world as the Maldives, is a country usually thought of in only two ways. The first, as an exotic paradise, and the second, as a sinking land running out of time in the climate crisis.
Magey Raajje Nethidhanee explores the Maldives from the perspective of the island country as the artist’s home - as a place rich in community and culture. Through the destruction of personal photographs, the work shows how much more than land alone will be lost to increasing heat and rising tides'.
Magey Raajje Nethidhanee explores the Maldives from the perspective of the island country as the artist’s home - as a place rich in community and culture. Through the destruction of personal photographs, the work shows how much more than land alone will be lost to increasing heat and rising tides'.
