bein w bein | بين و بين

early stages | بدايات

  • "،في المراحل الأولى، كان اسم المشروع "كسرالصمت stimuleringsfonds بدعم من منحة

    In the early stages, the project was called “Breaking the Silence,” supported by stimuleringsfonds starting grant

    I added some fragments : mind maps & IG posts

    Project Description - Stimuleringsfonds Page

  • Seeing the project as stages or sequences, I reflected on the title of the project

    “Breaking the Silence," and kept it as the first phase. Moving from this phase

    - an important first step as a call to action. It meant personally, a phase of trusting in myself, the impact I could contribute to those around me and the world. This translated in trusting in this quest,

    fully dedicating myself to the in-depth research, developing artistic & technical skills - a journey that is anything but linear, rather an evolving process.

    For the next phase, I introduced the following title : (بين و بين) Bein w Bein

    •Bein w bein translates from Arabic to in-betweenness, exploring the inter-personal dynamics I am investigating as ways of negotiation, collaboration and coexistence. Additionally, it evokes notions of transitions, movement and fluidity. Lastly, on a practical level, it embodies the integration of elements like theory and practice, collaboration and authentic expression.

    • I had the opportunity to refine my proposal with the help of a mentor while taking part in Tae’thir program in Marsille

    • I had the opportunity to present my idea and receive interest from CCU

    • bein alam w alam | بين عالم و عالم

    developed during the ableton residency with issue magazine

    performed live @radio radio
Are glitches merely small errors in an other wise “objective” system? 🤖 We’re reflecting on the concept of Glitch, in algorithmic systems, while gathering valuable insights from two important reads : 1. Race after Technology : A
Are glitches merely small errors in an other wise “objective” system? 🤖 We’re reflecting on the concept of Glitch, in algorithmic systems, while gathering valuable insights from two important reads : 1. Race after Technology : Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code(2019) by Ruha Benjamin 2. Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism(2018) by Safiya Umoja Noble According to Benjamin, who brilliantly references the Matrix in her analysis, “The film’s use of déjà vu is helpful for considering the relationship between seemingly trivial technical glitches and meaningful design decisions.” Shedding light on how a glitch “serves as a signal of something foundational about the structure of the world.” Noble’s examples reveal the biases behind the tech & the values they hold. Noble explores how images associated with beauty stands in a google search are almost always referring to white women. More pressingly, Noble sheds light on discriminatory patterns of association, suggested by google’s autocomplete function, that are linked to black women. When confronted with such biases & discriminations, Google labels such results as glitches in the otherwise neutral system. Safiya, on the other hand, argues that it is in fact what they feed the system in the first place, as racism & sexism extend from the physical to the digital. Which raising many questions, who is behind the tech and which world views do they hold? Drop your thoughts in the comments, we're curious to hear your thoughts! Photo Credit : @sandra.sarkissian #glitch #googleautocomplete #ai #tools #culture #race #technology #gender #system #glitches
concept note
“bein w bein emerges, as an in-between space, a portal where values are not yet fixed, where processes themselves become the focus of attention.
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— farah

development stages | مراحل التطوير

  • I’m sharing some material from different experiences and stages - from the workshop i held in casablanca, together with the participants we explored their personal narratives, experiences with different forms of surveillance, we mind mapped and talked, one of the stories shared about an arrest during a protest transformed into a collaboration shared in the second link and developed further when i returned to amsterdam - exploring and expressing our embodied experiences in different formats. The last link is when i personally explored it during a workshop organised by ccu

  • spaces marked by absence
    memory, closure, restriction

    The second part of the workshop i held in casablanca, was to go out in the city with the field recorder, to visit sites participants shared stories and links with, and record sounds. one participant for example talked about a park where they used to hold cultural activities until they were stopped by the government

  • i was inspired by taking part in sonic acts workshop “Pedagogy of the surveilled”, which later on influenced how i led the workshop during the halaqat residency in casablanca."

    During my presentation for halaqat, i presented three stages with transitions : the personal (exploring self-censorship) the interpersonal (the piece i was developing with my friend about the time of her arrest) and the collective (inviting audience to play with the material and make sound)

    in-between the past two years, i formed various collaborations and put together a team to realise the project, also pitched my idea to CCU and other organisations in Amsterdam, Utrecht & Amman. The next steps, is to apply for funding with the updated proposal

    • dissonance between presence and elsewhere

    • between childhood and rupture

    Link to a recording of the full live set - developed for interstice

    the live set carries personal, interpersonal and collective acts.

collective

snippets from halaqat residency presentation in Morocco

inviting the audience to interact with the research, sound & material

snippets from interstice - reflecting on how the concepts developed in relation to the work done during my residency in Morocco

personal
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During my Halaqat residency in Casablanca, I developed this track using field recordings taken on location and sessions in the studio.

The piece traces a movement from interior to exterior — from enclosure to expansion. The electric shutters in the residency became a recurring sonic presence; their sound carried something ambivalent, a sense of control that was also confinement. The area wasn't considered safe to walk alone. A gate, a guard, a taxi ordered instead of a walk taken.

But expression has its own mobility. In the company of friends, locals, walks by the sea — something shifted. The body opens differently depending on where it is, who surrounds it, what the environment permits or withholds. This piece is an attempt to translate that — how self-censorship feels as a physical state, and how it can be undone simply by moving through space.

An exercise in listening, tuning in, and expressing.

interstice
Farah, Guilia, Ma7di

on-going | مستمر