A series of three posters titled Your Urine (2022). They advance the fact that most pharmaceutical pollution is introduced in the environment through urine. Inspired by the design of medicine boxes and hanging in or next to one of the restrooms in the gallery space with specific frames, the posters present poetic features that, prima facie, would not be necessary were one interested in the mere delivery of facts. In this case, they are not the classical scientific posters found in academic circles; they instead showcase a specific awareness of any information in them beyond that information, an awareness that becomes a capacity, both of the artist and the viewer who is exposed to the artworks, to handle scientific beliefs beyond scientific purposes.
Haseeb Ahmed developed three artworks (Your Urine ; The Fountain of the Amazons ; A Fountain of Eternal Youth) during a S+T+ARTS-residency hosted by GLUON and Luca School of the Arts, and in partnership with a local support network (Inopsys, Pollet Water Group, VITO, VLAKWA, Pharma.be, Surplace, Capture-UGhent). All three works are about pollution in water caused by pharmaceuticals. Haseeb Ahmed is a research-based artist. Originally from the US, he lives and works in Brussels. He produces objects, site-specific installations, films, and writes for various publications. Often working collaboratively Haseeb integrates methodologies from the hard sciences into his art production.
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