Hanaa Malallah
Contemporary of Dia Al-Azzawi.
Student of Shaker Hassan Al Said

Hanaa Mal-Allah
Hanaa' Malallah
Hana Mal Allah
Henaa Mal'Allah


Virtual History 
Metal (pewter & mild steel), red light bulb, colour high definition video and stereo sound

Duration of video: 9 minutes 15 seconds
2014-15, variable dimensions


Malallah’s Virtual History is an assemblage comprising a metal chandelier, suspended above a looping video track with sound. The viewer will notice that the film track portrays a glorious, multi-coloured chandelier in abstract form. Whilst the colours are brilliant, the exact form is undecipherable, due to the blurring and swaying of the chandelier. Above it hangs a real, yet weathered chandelier made from metal; a copy of the object in the video it mimics. Accompanying this is the muffled and muddled sound of voices, almost in a whispered tone. These add a further layer of confusion to the assemblage.