LUNGS PROJECT

A Dialogue Between Sheyda A. Khaymaz and Mariam AlJamali of the Omani urban-wear brand FLAWS

Published: November 2018

FLAWS, established in Muscat, Oman, is an urban wear company where each product designed explores the connotations behind society's views of "character flaws". The products challenge these views and promote the idea that our "flaws" are not something to be overcome but to be embraced as facets of our individuality.

Published in Lungs Issue No.3, 2018

This dialogue took place between Sam Mohan and Angela Burdon in August 2018. Themes mentioned: Photography in Sunderland, being outsiders, engaging communities, the Western Gaze, imperfections, commercial photography, India, controlling our own narratives, creative collectives.

Published: February 2018

This dialogue took place between Sheyda A. Khaymaz and Matt Wilkinson on 27 February 2018. Edited collaboratively by Khaymaz and Wilkinson.

Themes mentioned: Contemporary art in small towns, artist collectives, Shields Road, collaborations, casual curating, serving the art history, identity crisis, bubbles and cliques, trends and cliches, success, anxiety, letting it die, helping others.

Published: October 2017

This dialogue between Angela Wingate-Burdon and Sheyda A. Khaymaz took place on 29 October 2017 via Skype. Edited collaboratively by Khaymaz and Wingate-Burdon. Themes mentioned: Commercial galleries, institutional critique, creepiness, emerging practices, collaboration, academic language, curating, photography, Black identity, otherness, self-critique, DIY, DIWO, inspiring others.