Gardens Speak

xx OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

Lebanon/Great Britain / 2014 / 60'
Sound Installation

“… even the dead will not be safe
from the enemy if he wins.”
– Walter Benjamin

Gardens Speak is an interactive sound installation
containing the oral histories of 10 ordinary
people who have been buried in Syrian gardens.
Each narrative has been carefully constructed
in collaboration with the friends and family
members of the deceased, retelling their stories
as they themselves would have recounted
them. They are compiled with found audio that
evidences their final moments.

Production Manager : Jessica Harrington

Research Assistant and Writer (Arabic): Keenana Issa
Calligraphy and Tombstones Design: Dia Batal

Set Design: Abir Saksouk

Set Construction: SPLEX Flexible Designs & Presentation

Sound Recording & Editing: Khairy Eibesh (Stronghold Sound)

In English. Adapted for blind and visually impaired.
The installation is visited in groups of 10 people.
Please, make a prior reservation at
contact@cityofwomen.org. 

Tickets: € 7 / € 5

Co-commissioned by Fierce, Next Wave and Live at LICA.
Developed through the Artsadmin Artists’ Bursary Scheme.
Supported by Arts Council of England and British Council.

Organisation: City of Women. In collaboration with Bunker /
Old Power Station - Elektro Ljubljana