Where Do We Meet The Sun?

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Behind The Curtains

Where Do We Meet The Sun? is an interactive installation and research article investigating the interconnectedness of vitamin D deficiency and urban planning in the city of Al-Zarqa in Jordan where the artist grew up. The audience is invited to explore the everyday life of three women living in residential apartments by following the voice in mundane domestic objects. The project is based on one-to-one collaborations with three housewives through a participant observation method called “follow the mop,” in which the artist joins everyday cleaning chores while recording brief encounters with sunlight. Where Do We Meet The Sun examines natural light as a medium of regulation, gender discrimination, and illness enforced by the neoliberal mass-produced housing.

Special thanks: to Fatima Barghouthi, Sanaa’ Al-Alem, and Linda Daas.

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In The Manwar

Audience is invited to join Aunt Sanaa’s biweekly airshaft cleaning routine. Please pick up a broom and lean into the sound coming out of it. The voice will lead you to where Aunty Sanaa might meet the sun. This installation is part of a research project called “Where Do We Meet The Sun?” The project aims to look at mass-produced domestic architectural typologies in the context of the Arab world. I was interested in the failure of what claims to be universal architecture by looking at how it affects the everyday experiences of ordinary people. My research involved collaborating with three brilliant women; Fatima, Linda, and Sanaa in a participant observation method that I call “follow the mop.” The idea was to join each of the women for a whole day in their apartments in the city of Al-Zarqa in Jordan. Throughout the day, I helped them with their household chores, traced their movements, and noted when and how long they got to see sunlight.