A three-channel film portrays three women repeating the same word in Arabic, German, and English, one after the other. Each word transmits a vibration through a container of water, which is then reflected, drawing an image of the vibration of each word on the wall opposite the video.
For Ard, Erde, Earth, Al-Arashi confronts a loss of memory and language as a means of adapting to place. With this work, the artist questions transmission of language, and the fluidity of memory within time and body.
Commissioned for Les Urbaines Festival at Espace Arlaud, Lausanne, 2022
