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Raisan Hameed's publication "Pixel of Memories بكسلات الذاكرة", with which he completed his masterclass at the HGB under Professor Tina Bara, has been honoured with the "FE+SK Book Award" at the Festival Fotografie Europea in Reggio Emilia. Congratulations!

The photo book will not only be on display during the festival from 30 April to 3 May, but will also be presented in an artist talk by Raisan Hameed with the jury Tim Clark, Milo Montelli (Skinnerboox) and Chiara Cpodici (leporello.books) on 2 May at 6.30 pm.

"Pixel of Memories بكسلات الذاكرة" combines conceptual reflections on memory, destruction and the invisibility of history. The book takes up this visual language and creates a fragment of memories, image errors and gaps. It becomes a space of testimony and reflection in which the viewer must decipher the layers of images and their meaning. Hameed has scoured the entire map of Iraq on Google Maps and created an archive with hundreds of screenshots. In Iraq, the 360-degree views are not uploaded by the platform itself, but by private individuals. Hameed is particularly interested in the errors and gaps he came across during his research.

Raisan Hameed (*1991) is an Iraqi-German multimedia artist who lives in Leipzig. After graduating in photography, he completed his masterclass at the HGB. His work has been shown in international exhibitions, including the Prix Photoforum Biel, the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and the Carte Blanche Exhibition in Paris. Hameed's practice uses a subtle and metaphorical visual language characterised by experiences of loss and displacement.