Project Description

In this new creation, Omar Rajeh looks into the body; more precisely, he attempts to
deconstruct, alienate, re-discover, and question our perception of the human body
system today. Highlighting different body parts and constituents, the work re-thinks
the mechanism, qualities and dynamics of the living installation. The body is seen in
opposition to its virtual, still framed image, and the space that envelops it. The body
is within architecture. The innovative guitarist, composer and oud player Mahmoud
Turkmani, who is considered a renovator and bridge-builder between contemporary
Westernclassical and Arabic-traditional music, will write the music composition. The
composition will be interpreted live with the contralto Fadia Tomb El-Hage, who is
considered by the international press one of the most beautiful voices of the Arab
world.

April 2011