One Hundred and twenty minutes
(2019-2023)


In One Hundred and Twenty Minutes (the amount of time we dedicate to dream every night), I have worked with 16 individuals who are exiled from their native countries to live in the UK. Through photography, poetry, drawing and video, I examine the emotional and psychological landscapes of dreams in exile, the new lives we create with these dreams, and the ways in which they keep returning us to our past.




Harvest it from depths of sleep

carry it to the land of awaken

a souvenir.

In dream,

open your eyes

and

listen to the sound of life

through the window,

imagine being born into the sky

live.

And

when you die

do you still dream?

dream of life?

ashes of humans

stone birds

bone

pomegranate

red dress

fist

Sea

door

snake

silent scream,

get the light

carry the shadows home

within you

your children

your father

your mother

your sister

your brother

you are dreaming

wake up

for

one hundred and twenty minutes.







Exhibitions


One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, solo show at Bristol Photo Festival 2024 ‘The World a Wave’ produced in collaboration with Multistory. October-November 2024. Bristol, UK.