Asim Waqif’s ‘Collapse analysis of concrete slabs due to aerial bombardment (Case Study: Raqqa)’ is based on the reworking of a car door salvaged from an accident -damaged vehicle. Discarded vehicles, one of the many ‘forgotten ruins of consumer culture’, serve as a resource to explore the creative forces of destruction and decay. Superimposing a car door with the abstracted map ofan area destroyed by aerial bombardment, the artist juxtaposes the violent impact of a car crash and a bombardment. Reminding us of vast stretches of building rubble and mountains of scrap metal that alter the landscape, the stark yellow of the sculpture blurs the boundaries between trash and treasure.

From the essay 'Wasteland' written by Birgid Uccia