"Holograms from Syria"
Hyperallergic featured an article on work by artist Asad Malik ’19, who uses holograms to bring the Syrian conflict into everyday spaces.
![Image from the project - hologram overlay](https://www.bennington.edu/sites/default/files/styles/300_wide_300/public/sources/stories/holograms-from-syria_300x225.jpg?itok=mm1dHbqA)
The starting juxtaposition of these images (the peaceful background and the violence of the hologram itself) “brings the traumas of distant wars into the everyday experiences of Americans.”
Hyperallergic writes: "Holograms from Syria is intended as a reflection on how many people now experience war primarily through images that flood their newsfeeds, making present a constant sense of distress that is nonetheless removed from real suffering...You could say the series is a 21st-century take on Martha Rosler’s renowned work, “Bringing the War Home,” in which she integrated images of the Vietnam War into photographs of domestic life."