Sahar        Tarighi

Between Spine & Soil: Kezî & Şilêr
2026 
Installation 
Clay, fabric, acrylic, yarn, video and the artist's mother's song 
 

Building upon the themes explored in Eternal Bloom of Şilêrشلێر, Between Spine & Soil: Kezî & Şilêr brings together video, clay, and braided forms to examine the relationship between body, land, labor, and continuity. Layers of fragmented raw clay spread across the floor become a landscape for a projected stop-motion video in which two braids emerge from my body and extend onto the earth. At the same time, the Şilêr flower grows from the soil toward the body, linking ground and flesh, memory and future.

The back evokes the laboring bodies of Kurdish Kolbers, while the braids (kezî) symbolize lineage, femininity, and continuity. The fragmented clay reflects a land marked by division and rupture, yet the growing Şilêr embodies persistence and hope. Between burden and bloom, the work reflects on resilience as an ongoing process of carrying, rooting, and becoming.