Where Are You From?

Artwork selected to be exhibited at Seoul Museum of Art

-2025-

Each brick, a fragment.

Every compass, directionless.

Guiding me toward something unknown.

Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). Installation view of stone sculptures by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관
Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). Official museum banner featuring Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관

I ask myself: Where does my safety come from?

Is home a place or a fleeting memory?

Is it where I was born, or the quiet sanctuary within my heart?

Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). Wall-mounted assembly of lava stone and 22k gold elements by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관

I search for answers in the weight of stone,

In the reflection of gold,

In the spaces between direction and stillness.

Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). Detail of geometric lava stone and 22k gold elements by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관
Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). A dialogue of form and material featuring lava stone and 22k gold by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관

Each brick holds its own path.

Some roads lead inward, others dissolve into nothing.

Yet together, they form a shared map.

A quiet reminder that while our journeys are unique,

We walk the same path.

Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). A rhythmic detail of hand-carved lava stone and 22k gold by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관
Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). A wide gallery view of the stone and gold leaf installation by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관

What if home is not a destination?

What if it’s the space between longing and understanding?

Where Are You From? — Selected by ADMAF for Proximities at Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA). Conceptual installation in lava stone and 22k gold by Tarek Elkassouf. طارق القاصوف — 서울시립미술관

The space between searching and knowing.

The tension between desire and acceptance.

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