Uncle (Portrait of Walid Daqqa), 2024
Installation Dimensions Variable
Acrylic Paint on Lebanese Olive Wood, 17cm x 17cm (approx.)
Assorted Lebanese Olive Wood Pieces, 20-25cm Diameter
Text “Uncle, Give Me a Cigarette” Written by Walid Daqqa, Translated by Dalia Taha
Audio Includes Reading of Text by Mohammed El-Kurd via Palestinian Literature Festival
Instrumental Music of Ana Le Habiby by Fairuz
Documentation by Kim Feng Photography
For this work, my intention was to create a domestic space of storytelling, memorial and tribute by creating an environment that prompts these conversations— like sitting at my Jido’s house hearing old stories. These stories are passed down and told through generations, across times, cultures & borders, and their core messages and intensity stay engrained within us.
Walid Daqqa’s stories, particularly “A Place Without a Door” and the selected story included in this installation, “Uncle, Give Me a Cigarette”, are those tales that stay with you, and are so moving and powerful that they transcend beyond and impact countless people. It was these stories that I wanted Walid to be remembered by.
Installation Dimensions Variable
Acrylic Paint on Lebanese Olive Wood, 17cm x 17cm (approx.)
Assorted Lebanese Olive Wood Pieces, 20-25cm Diameter
Text “Uncle, Give Me a Cigarette” Written by Walid Daqqa, Translated by Dalia Taha
Audio Includes Reading of Text by Mohammed El-Kurd via Palestinian Literature Festival
Instrumental Music of Ana Le Habiby by Fairuz
Documentation by Kim Feng Photography
For this work, my intention was to create a domestic space of storytelling, memorial and tribute by creating an environment that prompts these conversations— like sitting at my Jido’s house hearing old stories. These stories are passed down and told through generations, across times, cultures & borders, and their core messages and intensity stay engrained within us.
Walid Daqqa’s stories, particularly “A Place Without a Door” and the selected story included in this installation, “Uncle, Give Me a Cigarette”, are those tales that stay with you, and are so moving and powerful that they transcend beyond and impact countless people. It was these stories that I wanted Walid to be remembered by.