Muhājir, (2022)

site specific installation on Whitstable Harbour
featuring Vilayat (2021) an incantation by Swan Nemesis
soundscape by Nina Radio Tapes + Ice Cream Mafia

traffic VMS (variable messaging sign), plastic barriers, plastic cones, variable dimensions

Invoking ghosts of the past to counter state violence and global rhetoric around [im]migration. Warning of a possible near future where the movement of people, culture and ideas is further restricted. Muhājir is an act of resistance to diversions of divisiveness rooted in the instrumentalising of citizenship and cultural identity; promoted through increasingly oppressive and violent laws weaponised into hostile environments specifically targeting people of the Global South.

Commissioned by Cement Fields for Whitstable Biennale 2022
Video and stills by Olby’s Visual. Photos by Rob Harris for Cement Fields