BASEL ZARAA
Dear Laila
/PS-UK/
„Kallis Laila, sa oled nüüd viieaastane ja oled hakanud küsima, kus ma üles kasvasin ja miks me sinna minna ei saa. Siin on minu katse sulle vastata.”
„Dear Laila” idee hakkas idanema, kui Basel Zaraa viieaastane tütar alustas küsimist, kus isa lapsena üles kasvas. Kuna ta ei saanud tütart sinna viia, otsustas ta tuua selle koha tütre juurde, luues mudeli oma lapsepõlvekodust Damaskuses Yarmouki põgenikelaagris.
„Dear Laila” jagab palestiinlaste paguluse ja vastupanu kogemust läbi ühe perekonna loo, uurides, kuidas sõda ja pagulus mõjutavad igapäevaelu, kodust ja avalikku ruumi. „Dear Laila”, intiimne interaktiivne installatsioon, mida saab korraga kogeda üks vaataja, kasutab jutustatud mälestusi ja käegakatsutavaid detaile, et äratada ellu see nüüdseks hävitatud koht.
Kestus: 20 min
Keel: inglise/eesti
Vanusepiirang: installatsiooni ei soovitata alla 11-aastastele lastele.
Etendused:
N, 2. juulil 13.00–22.00 Pikk 22
R, 3. juulil 13.00–22.00 Pikk 22
N, 4. juulil 13.00–22.00 Pikk 22
R, 5. juulil 13.00–17.00 Pikk 22
Tegu on korraga ühele inimesele mõeldud installatsiooniga, kuhu palume osalejal saabuda vähemalt 5 minutit enne teie aega!
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Basel Zaraa on Ühendkuningriigis elav palestiina kunstnik, kelle looming kasutab meeli, et tuua publik lähemale paguluse ja sõja kogemusele, kelle kunst seisab silmitsi traumaga, milles elab tema kogukond, ning püüab seda mõista ja väljendada.
Tema uusim installatsioon „What Will We Do Without Exile?” on haarav multisensoorne installatsioon, mis loob rikkaliku maailma pagulastelgi sisemuses, kutsudes publikut kujutlema elu ilma okupatsiooni ja sõjata. Alates 2022. aastast reisib ringi ka tema „Dear Laila”, intiimne, korraga ühele inimesele mõeldud installatsioon, mis keskendub hävitatud perekodu taasloomisele ja pälvis 2023. aasta ZKB publikuauhinna. Tema varasemate tööde hulka kuulub koostöös Tania El Khouryga valminud „As Far As My Fingertips Take Me”, mis pälvis 2019. aastal Bessie Awardsil parima lavastuse auhinna.
Tema töid on näidatud enam kui 50 paigas ja festivalil viies maailmajaos.
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Autor: Basel Zaraa
Tellija: Good Chance Theatre
Toetaja: Arts Council England
Tõlkija ja stsenaariumi toimetaja: Emily Churchill Zaraa
Helitehnik: Pete Churchill
In English
BASEL ZARAA
Dear Laila
/PS-UK/
“Dear Laila, you are five now and have started to ask me where I grew up, and why we can’t go there. This is me trying to give you an answer.“
The seeds of Dear Laila were planted when Basel’s five-year-old daughter began to ask him about his home growing up. Unable to take her there, he decided he would try to bring the place to her, by creating a model of his childhood home in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus.
Dear Laila shares the Palestinian experience of displacement and resistance through the story of one family, exploring how war and exile are experienced through the everyday, the domestic, and the public space. An intimate, interactive installation experienced by one audience member at a time, Dear Laila uses the retelling of memories and tactile details to bring this now destroyed place to life.
Duration: 20 min
Language: English/Estonian
Age restriction: this installation is not recommended for children who are younger than 11 years.
Performances:
Thu, 2.07 at 13.00–22.00 at Pikk str. 22
Fri, 3.07 at 13.00–22.00 at Pikk str. 22
Thu, 4.07 at 13.00–22.00 at Pikk str. 22
Fri, 5.07 at 13.00–17.00 at Pikk str. 22
This is an installation intended for one person at a time. We recommend arriving at least 5 minutes before your scheduled time!
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Basel Zaraa is a UK-based Palestinian artist whose work uses the senses to bring audiences closer to experiences of exile and war, and who creates art in order to face, express and understand the trauma that his community lives with.
His current installation, ‘What Will We Do Without Exile?’ is an immersive, multi-sensory installation that creates a lush world within a refugee tent, inviting audiences to imagine life beyond occupation and war. Since 2022 he has also been touring ‘Dear Laila’, an intimate, a one-person-at-a-time installation centred around the recreation of a destroyed family home, which received the ZKB Audience Award 2023. His previous work includes ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’, a collaboration with Tania El Khoury, which was awarded Outstanding Production at the Bessie Awards in 2019.
His work has been shown at over 50 venues and festivals across five continents.
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Author: Basel Zaraa
Commissioned by: Good Chance Theatre.
With support from: Arts Council England.
Translator and script editor: Emily Churchill Zaraa
Sound engineer: Pete Churchill
Ürituse korraldaja:
SA Rakvere Teatrimaja
Kreutzwaldi 2a Rakvere
44314 Lääne-Virumaa
329 5444
+372 5268461
kassa@rakvereteater.ee
reg.nr 90003491