SIFAThree screen installation
FLYER/POSTER
TEXTS 1.A guide to healing through songs (lessons from Sifa) by Chadiedja Buijs
““…what about songs?” “This is why we need to keep singing these songs; singing is cathartic, it is about initiation and about the transfer of knowledge”. ”
Chadiedja Buijs is an editor, creative producer, and researcher in the art and culture field of Amsterdam. She has studied Middle Eastern Studies at Leiden University with a special focus on contemporary art. She currently works for the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and International Literature Festival Read My World. 2. What memory feels, what the body remembers, in liminal spaces by Nesli Gul
“There is always a song that reminds us of a place, a moment or someone. A song takes us to the past, inspires, excites, transforms, or calms us down. A song drags our memory and body together, through our encounters with a space, through being lost or resilient. What does a song remind us? Can a song reconcile or heal us with a loss of someone or something? Does a song make it possible to reclaim a public space we lost? Which song makes you feel comfortable or secure in public space?…”
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