I
2021
In an eastern part of Jaffa, there are three neighboring landmarks: an old cell site antenna, which I believed to be a divine entity when I was a child, the remnants of my grandparents’ home, demolished to make way for an upscale tower for residents, and the ground where a historical football stadium once stood.
In a video essay that is a component of the video installation “I,” I explore the historical and imaginative connections among these three landmarks.
Orient
2023
The title refers both to the historical colonial gaze directed toward the East and to the act of orienting oneself within space.
The work consists of approximately one thousand hand-laid and painted wooden pieces installed directly on the floor of a gallery in Jaffa. It re-situates a floor pattern common in Palestinian homes prior to the Nakba into a contemporary public site.
A compass geometry is embedded within the pattern. It bends and redirects itself toward the center of the installation.
Rife Zone No. 5
2025
Rift Zone No. 5 asks how sacred architecture anchors and holds the body. The sculpture draws from architectural forms found in sacred sites in Palestine and transforms these references into a palanquin or stretcher-like structure. An object designed to carry both the sacred and the wounded.
Studies of Pierced Flags
2022-2023
Studies of Pierced Flags is a series of works based on digitally created flags. I modeled pieces of fabric using computer graphics and subjected them to wind simulations. Deliberate tears allow computed-air to pass through the surface, and the resulting images were exposed onto canvas using diluted cyanotype.
Selected Work
I
II
WWWADI
Orient
Epiphany
Sidekick
Rift Zone No. 5
Studies of Pierced Flags
