Mona Hatoum is participating in the 14th Taipei Biennial, titled Whispers on the Horizon.

The installation Cellules (2012-2013) consists of a group of eight cage-like structures made from steel rods. Inside each unit are one or two amorphous shapes made from deep red hand blown glass. The upright structures are slightly tilted giving them a sense of instability and the glass shapes, which look like bodily organs or ambiguous creatures, appear to be oozing or squeezing their way out. The title plays on the several meanings of ‘cell’, suggesting at once confinement, isolation and biology.

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