Dazed Digital | Rasha Kahil: In Your Home »

‘In Your Home’ is a series of nude self-portraits by artist Rasha Kahil, who secretly disrobes in other people’s homes while the owners are away and blissfully unaware of what she is doing. Her naked body, being the only constant, takes on the character of the background: soft and beautiful lounging on a sofa, or alien and pallid crouched furtively beneath a sink. Kahil explores issues of privacy and personal space by putting her own intimate moments into other people’s places. The photographs form part of a joint exhibition with Liane Lang at Art First and are also available in a book, which follows the project in its entirety between 2008 and 2011.
I wonder if the fact that this is in Lebanon also adds another layer of subversiveness to it - “omg! a proper Lebanese girl wouldn’t be naked in a stranger’s house! Let alone SHOW OFF HER BODY TO PUBLIC!”. How’s the culture like there - much like its more Muslim neighbours, or…?