On Becoming, Mixed-media Installation, as part of Quand l'inconcevable prend forme, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, 2023.
In partnership with Portes ouvertes sur l'art.
On Becoming unfolds within a wooden structure resembling a cabinet of curiosities. Inside, drawers and display cases contain drawings, objects, photographs, texts, and video fragments. Visitors are invited to open them, handle them, and navigate the installation at their own pace.
Each element holds a fragment of a personal history, stories of childhood, family, displacement, and attachment. Together, they form a shifting constellation rather than a fixed narrative. At specific moments, the artist activates the installation by telling the story of selected objects, opening a space for conversation. Visitors may share their own memories, which can be recorded and later integrated into the work. The installation functions as a living archive, where past and present intertwine, and where personal histories are continuously reconfigured through encounter.
Related works: A Night in Fez, The Welcome Song, The Sleepers, Avis, The Perfect Arab Artist, Mother’s Love, Father’s Love, This Smell of Her, Objects of Love, One and Three Fatmeh, The Little Saleswoman, On War, Migration, and Identity, Another Leap into the Void, When Time Stops, and Beirut 4th of August.