He Rules All Affairs
Print on Paper
4 X 8 M
Refusing To Be Still, Exhibition
SAC, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2017
Al-Salem addresses the power of words and the pro-duction of meaning. In this work Al-Salem decon-structs the verse "He arranges [each] matter" into a letter or groups of letters, which are then re-peated or duplicated and scattered across the space. The expansion of the letters on the space represents the continuous expansion of the uni-verse and the constant movement that characterizes it in its entirety. Here, each letter is a unique element of formal organization within a system. Al-Salem is not only concerned with the way the system expands, but is also interested in explor-ing notions of matter within such a system, such as the endless motion and vastness of the uni-verse, the intense diversity of nature and the world and the logic that affirms the belief in God.