{"id":9308,"date":"2023-11-29T13:19:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T13:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=9308"},"modified":"2023-11-29T20:24:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:24:49","slug":"this-is-not-any-syrian-physical-structure-similar-to-the-liberty-statue-but-cgi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/this-is-not-any-syrian-physical-structure-similar-to-the-liberty-statue-but-cgi\/","title":{"rendered":"CGI Artwork Viral As Real Structure by A Syrian Artist from The Ruble of his Own House!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Syrian population has been enduring prolonged suffering as a result of the ongoing civil war in their country. In response to these hardships, some Syrian artists created artworks that vividly depict the challenges faced by the people and the brutal realities of the conflict. However, our investigation reveals instances where these artworks have been misinterpreted and misrepresented on social media at various times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Social media posts based on an image say that a Syrian artist had created a statue similar to the Statue of Liberty in the USA using the rumbles of his own house, destroyed due to the ongoing war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The claims were shared widely in the Sinhala language as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We decided to do a fact-check on this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact Check <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

From keyword searches, we found that this had gone viral back in 2016 as well. We found an archived version of an interview by Al Arabia with artist Tamam Azzam in 2016, where he cleared the confusion about his artwork and viral social media posts about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with Al Arabia English, Tamam Azzam stated that the claim is a “wrong interpretation” of the image. He expressed surprise at the high traction of the misinterpreted image, compared to the positive reactions initially in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artistic Process in Creating the Artwork:<\/strong> Azzam clarified that the statue was not physically rebuilt with debris from his own house. Instead, it was created as a computer artwork in 2012. The work involved a ‘photomontage’ on the computer, using photos of war-affected buildings in Syria. As seen below, Azzam posted the artwork on his Facebook in September 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n