belit

2019 – 2021

VIDEOS

Three screen installation
7min 41 seconds

TEXTS

 1.

A guide to healing through songs (lessons from Sifa)

 by Chadiedja Buijs

““…what about songs?”

“We carry the vibrations of our ancestors through singing. You have to breathe, and sound is vibration. Sometimes, actually often, we stop breathing, but when you are singing it becomes a simple form of catharsis. Like, letting go through breath, and reaching out to your ancestors through vibration; taking in light, hope, but most importantly knowledge. With this knowledge you regain a sense of your place in the world and what your divine responsibility is…”

“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.

 
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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?…”

Nesli Gül is a researcher, curator, and art writer, focusing on the intersections of archives, memory, and interactivity in contemporary art. She received her PhD in Art and Design at YTÜ and did PhD research as a visiting scholar at University of Amsterdam. She holds a MA in Museum Studies and BA in Art Management. Gül curated exhibitions in the Netherlands, Turkey, and Iran. Gül is the founder of NonSpace.
https://nonspace.nl/
https://amsterdam.academia.edu/NesliGül

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