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Description: A textile sculpture made from rice-cookers belonging to the artists mother, which she wrapped and bound as a starting point to the collection. On the wrapping is written a poem, Come, Come my Beloved by Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi. This poem was turned into a song by Iranian singer Bijan Bijani and the cassette recording was a gift to Azadeh from her Mother when she was a teenager. The poem is written in Farsi, in romanised Farsi, and English the three languages - tongues - spoken by the artist, her Iranian mother and her British-born daughter

Medium: 3 x rice cookers, kilim wool, sari yarn, poetry texts

Year Created: 2009