Stephen Andrews (artist) to his own experience of living with HIV. Andrews’ method of homemade colour separation evokes both the 19th-century painting technique of Pointillism: “in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image”, and the Ben-Day dots of mechanical printing. Beyond these references, Andrews’ uses the technique to, at the same time, evoke the alchemy of vision and break its mechanics down. As a result, Andrews creates works that “hover at legibility.” “The pixilation or dot matrix completely obscures details, making specifics impossible to see. We can't grasp the full picture.“ The series of rubbed-crayon
Blend Saleh Blend Saleh Blend Saleh, born September 21, 1978, is a Kurdish pop singer. Blend was born in Anbar (Ramadi), Iraq, on September 21, 1978. His parents were forced to live there for political reasons. After a couple of months, Blend and his family moved back to Hawler, Kurdistan. In Hawler, he grew up with his parents, two sisters, and a brother. His father originally came from Zaxo and his mother from Shaqlawe. The first time Blend performed live was at the age of six. It was in Hawler at school where the show was being shot by the Kurdish Kirkuk