^{LAZARUS ELNADY}

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^{EXHIBITION/2022}

^{An exhibition was made in collaboration with C.C. (Commons
Cafe, formerly Culture Cafe) to invoke the memory of Lazarus
Elnady, a con artist who roamed around Europe on his motorbike
until he stopped by a public restroom in Freiburg im Breisgau
and disappeared. C.C. is a subculture venue where attendees
must never reveal their real identities but must create entirely
fictitious ones. Therefore, creating an exhibition about a person
who disappeared and whose identity is unknown became an
opportunity for speculation and fabulation. By deciding to turn
the public restroom into an exhibition space, smell became one of
the main elements of the exhibition. Soap was made of oud, nard,
and myrrh—incenses that were brought to the tomb of Jesus by
his apostles when they discovered he was not there. Additionally,
wooden tubes of relics, but solid, were displayed. The exhibition
included a picture of a dragon taken from a painting of Saint
George used as well as a tattoo of lazarus, a helmet serving as a box of relics, silver like
the moon, and a spinning top as an animal, a handmade motorcycle seat, Paintings by the members of c.c.}

^{LAZARUS ELNADY}

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