Please, Don’t look at the moon! 

Installation 
Sound, paper cuts, metal, threads, archival material
2021
Ongoing

                                                                                   Produced with the support of Warehouse421 and the French Institute in Alexandria.

Please, Don’t Look At The Moon is an anthology of drawings, songs, texts, and archival findings that culminates in more than a form; a text, sound installation, and a publication .The project focuses on the audio, verbal and visual culture that discusses issues related to women, children, society, and their interconnectedness. These invisible utterances circulate within contexts of knowledge dissemination like homes, schools, museums. The project, therefore, questions how these archives can subconsciously deepen beliefs and control behavior towards issues like gender, power, hierarchies, violence,
authority, power, racism, etc. It focuses on collaboration with women sharing their own local archives.


The project focuses on the invisible and indirect common knowledge passed within the framework of popular culture -specially tailored to women and children. Hence, I want to keep looking into the aesthetics of utterance found in these spaces which stems up from folkloric and popular proverbs that are found in myths, legends, stories, toys, and songs. The project’s point of entry is shedding light on how these archives can subconsciously deepen beliefs and control our collective behavior towards issues like gender, power, hierarchies, violence, authority, power, racism, etc. These archives- that are strongly rooted -  hold a catalog of explanations that shows how these utterances reflect on our behavior and attitude towards political and social stances.