Questo è un archivio di suoni che non possono essere ascoltati all'interno di una cella. Sono stati registrati dai familiari di persone detenute in Palestina e da ex prigionieri, ponendosi la domanda "cosa vorrebbero sentire le persone all'interno delle prigioni?".
Il progetto è nato nel 2020 in un momento di ulteriore reclusione per i detenuti a causa delle norme Covid-19 che non consentivano visite ai prigionieri. Da qui la necessità di riprodurre questi suoni in carcere attraverso una radio: sia rumori casalinghi generati da oggetti riconoscibili dal proprietario, parte della sua memoria, sia suoni che non si possono sentire all'interno delle prigioni (come la natura, i mercati di Tulkarem e Ramallah o semplicemente oggetti come posate di ferro e bicchieri di vetro). I suoni sono stati uniti a musica, messaggi vocali e testimonianze, in arabo, italiano, inglese e nomi di amici ancora detenuti, a cui il lavoro è dedicato. L'audio viene ascoltato nel contesto della mostra "Die Fliege is a fly in volo" presso Ar/Ge Kunst e continua il discorso sulla realizzazione di attività artistiche clandestine, sull’arte che prende vita in prigione.
ASCOLTA ONLINE QUI
"Hearing is a way of touching at a distance"
00:00 Lorenzo - Playing the piano.
01:02 Fulla - Birds.
01:13 Radi - How time goes by in prison.
01:40 Majid - reciting names of friends and students from the Birzeit University now in detention. This work is for them.
02:08 Sami and Amani - On the night he was arrested.
02:26 Suhail - Ya Thalam el Sijn, Makadi Nahhas .
02:47 Aman - Generator, from their home.
04:33 Aman - Reciting names of friends now in detention. This work is for them.
05:39 Aman - Generator, from their home.
06:17 Aman - Garden tap, from their home.
06:25 Karim - Voice message.
06:57 Karim - On family visits when he was detained.
07:25 Aman - Tableware and kitchen sounds from their home. No pottery, iron cutlery nor glass are allowed in prison, thus all tableware inside is made out of plastic.
07:59 Kids playing.
08:02 Lorenzo - Playing the piano.
08:59 Sara’s sounds.
09:09 Aman - Light switch, from their home.
09:27 Aman - Kettle, from their home.
09:48 Aman - Voice message explaining the generator’s function.
10:01 Majid - Her grandmother talks about the planting season.
10:09 Ramallah market, February 2020.
10:29 Karim - Voice message.
11:03 Karim - The silence of Tulkarem empty streets, March 2020.
12:00 Fulla - Call to prayer, Tulkarem.
12:49 Birezit field recording - The university is open, February 2020.
13:37 Dogs barking.
13:52 Majid - Farm animals.
14:28 Majid - Grandmother.
14:40 Aman - Her message to her husband in detention.
14:40 Lorenzo - Playing the synth.
15:05 Kids playing.
16:02 Anita - A mother’s message to her son.
16:14 Aman - Rusty door, from their home.
16:31 Fulla - A man selling vegetables during the lockdown, Tulkarem, March 2020.
16:54 Quran reading recorded from the radio
17:16 Lighter
17:22 Lit a cigarette, Birzeit University, February 2020.
17:29 Ibrahim in a Ramallah cafe.
17:34 Aman - Plates and kitchen sound from their home. No pottery, iron nor glass are allowed in prison, therefore all cutlery inside is made out of plastic.
17:57 Ghassan - Voice message.
18:16 a Ramallah cafe, March 2020.
18:16 Your Throats, Sameh Shqair.
19:16 Aman - Stirring the spoon in a glass cup. No iron cutlery nor glass cups are allowed in prison.
19:29 Birzeit University field recordings.
19:38 Birzeit University field recordings.
19:54 Lorenzo - Playing instruments.
20:26 Kids screaming.
21:07 Aman - Second message to her husband.
23:37 Fulla - She goes to the Tulkarem market during Ramadan.
24:25 Fulla - Pickles are very popular during Ramadan.
24:34 Fulla - Ramadan drinks.
24:44 Rain.
25:18 Fulla - Chocolate.
25:31 Aman - Marbles: “this is something Nael put with his hands on our roof. They are still here, waiting for him, after six years”.
25:33 Karim - Voice message.
25:52 Male Hbibti Madjatch, Cheb Khaled.
28:35 Waves from the North Sea, recorded in The Hague, The Netherlands. Upon request of Palestinian friends who can’t reach the Mediterranean Sea anymore.