The centerpiece of the installation is a steep, minimalist Nubian pyramid constructed from an aluminum tent-like frame. Its surfaces are made of woven Firka fabric, traditionally worn during the Jirtig ceremony, interlaced irregularly between the structure’s beams. This architectural skin is also a metaphor: a fabric of memory that is becoming transparent, porous, and endangered.
Within the form is the Anqarib bed, along with symbolic accessories, and elements of attire arranged with minimalist precision. These objects are not static, but rather serve as quiet witnesses, reinterpreted in contemporary form to suggest absence, presence, and resilience.
The installation is a curatorial act of care, bridging ethnographic storytelling with spatial poetics. By situating an intimate ritual within the context of displacement and conflict, a private ceremony is transformed into a collective offering, urging us not only to witness, but to remember, and to protect what remains.
