Draggg…

In Draggg…, the Urdu letter wowwwwww is physically stretched and dragged across space. Phonetically, the sound of the letter elongates when spoken — “wowwwww” — and Ruheel translates this phonetic elongation into physical elongation. The letter is dragged in space just as the sound is dragged in speech. This is a rare and precise gesture: phonetics becomes sculpture. Sound becomes structure.
We live not only among objects and buildings, but among words — words that were spoken, words that were misunderstood, words that were never said, and words that ended something.
In other wor(l)ds is a body of sculptural works that gives physical form to these invisible presences. Derived from language, memory, and psychological states, the works translate conversations into structures, emotions into weight, and sentences into bodies.
These sculptures do not represent objects.
They represent conditions — confusion, indecision, repetition, rejection, and conclusion.
They are not meant to be read.
They are meant to be walked through.