New 6+ project:
Audio Journals from the Young Women of Deheisheh Refugee Camp
“Turning Our Tongues” is a project initiated by 6+ in collaboration with a group of 18 young women aged 16 -19 from the Deheisheh Refugee Camp, Palestine. It foregrounds different ways of journaling, of reflecting on daily life – from the very literal or informational, to the evocative and expressive.
The project developed through a series of workshops, combining the use of intimate journals (writing, sketching and so forth) and the creative interpretation of the journals through short audio works. The audio recordings began as journal entries but progressed through various stages of transformation and interpretation, to include a combination of text and sound. The resulting audio works are recordings of live, choreographed performances ranging from stories and poems, to songs, and fragmented personal narratives. The young artists worked together in small group collaborations to support the performance of each narrative. This project explores the possibilities of working together to develop the power of one’s own voice.
“Turning Our Tongues” is currently being exhibited at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference in Boston, MA. The web version of the project can be found here:
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