Chosen Family
December 2023In the summer of 2025, I talked to my friend, Sara about moments she felt heard and seen, opening the floodgates for this work. With everything happening in the world, I’m convinced of collective care's power. Zooming out, when disaster strikes (figuratively, and literally) it’s not your followers, online connections or your employer that you can always count on. It’s your neighbours, community, and chosen family. Remember to hold them close.
Credits
Featuring Sara Asfaha
Thank you for taking a walk with me 💐
Music by Mimmu Bangoura
‘Living in my Dreams’
Exercises on looking
Two-channel Video ProjectionDecember 2022
In my final project as an artist fellow at the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artist Fellowship (SEAF), I created an experimental film that reflects memory’s fragmented nature. Exhibited as a sculptural installation, it draws heavily from collage techniques using personal super 8 footage to depict how we alter moments from the past each time we revisit them.
By weaving textures of everyday life–what I hope to offer is an affirmation of memory’s healing potential. What we decide to lose and keep over time, and what they can teach us about being alive now.
Featured in ‘Community and Critique’ MiZa Abu Dhabi in 2022