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Memory of Birds

Tania El Khoury

An interactive sound installation exploring political violence through migrating birds.

A person lies in a yellow hammock-style sculptural installation hanging from a leafy green tree. There is a mask over their face
Photo by Maria Baranova

Tania El Khoury’s guided somatic experience, created in collaboration with a trauma therapist, explores political violence that literally and figuratively gets buried in contested lands. Memory of Birds is a work that eats itself, designed to be forgotten.

A yellow image with abstract illustration on, with 'Memory of Birds Tania El Khoury' written in the middle

Interactive sound installation by Tania El Khoury 

Text & Narration: Tania El Khoury
Space Design: Thena Tak & Ross Adams
Music & Sound Design: Fadi Tabbal
Guided Somatic Experience: Coral Franchi LCSW, SEP
Dramaturgy: James Stenhouse Mask Design: Oscar
Singing Voice: Laila Samy
Illustration & Graphic Design: Haitham Haddad
Commissioned by Bard Fisher Center LAB Biennial Common Ground 2023

Age guidance: 14+

Duration: 45 minutes

Note to audience: Memory of Birds is a story of bird migration, survival and connection to land. It also refers to experiences of surviving war and colonial trauma. 

Date and time

16–18 May 2024
11am–4pm

Please note
This is now a past event.

Venue

Sainsbury Centre, Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Norwich
UK

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