Fragmented Geography

Set against the sound of a sea that both haunts and heals, the performer stands still—dressed in sculptural costume made with reflective emergency foil, illuminated by slow-moving wave projections that ripple across their body. Their stillness becomes a sculpture, a monument of displaced time.

A pre-recorded voice-over unfolds as a poetic excavation of diasporic memory: childhood in Kuwait, Jordan and Palestine, queerness emerging in dance, a cassette tape as the only thread back “home.” The voice speaks of fragmentation of nations, bodies, and identities, and of the sonic rituals that help resist it.

On the stage there are two metal sculptures resonate with embedded sea sounds, amplifying the feeling of displacement while creating a tactile sonic atmosphere.

Eventually the performance shifts: the artist invites the audience to join in a celebratory gathering. Arabic songs from cassettes begin to play. The space transforms into a shared dance floor, a temporary homeland where bodies remember together.