Reassémblage

Performance and multisensory piece by Mousa AlNana and Marina Iodice, Reassémblage, a collaborative live art piece that delves into the intricate dynamics of recognition, conflict, and being. Through tattooing, multisensory elements, and audience participation, the work explores societal dynamics and individual autonomy, revealing how recognition can transform into an imperceptible confine, limiting personal liberty and enforcing control. Set in a dimly lit room with the faint smell of burnt wood lingering in the air, Mousa’s body is encased in a metal structure symbolizing both confinement and resistance, while Marina gradually dismantles a surrounding fence, a gesture invoking the dissolution of borders and the disruption of power structures. A videopiece created by Mousa showing him marking himself with the word "refugee" in Arabic (لاجئ), what embodies the complex interplay of displacement, detachment, and identity within migrant experiences. created by Marina, the sound of a tattoo machine permeates the space as a sonic manifestation of anticipation and transformation, while audience members passively contribute to the disassembly of the structure. Through the (dis)assemblage of its elements, the work urges exploration of new realms of thought and acts of resistance. Photography by Aidan O’Neill.