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Incomplete + In-between

Core Message

Even in the face of political violence, displacement, or cultural erasure, life continues, people fall in love, create new rituals, and find joy. Our project explores how individuals and communities move forward while carrying the weight of loss. It focuses on the in-between moments where something disappears a home, a language, an identity and something new begins. Through rituals, we show how transformation doesn’t always mean an end, but a reshaping of life as it goes on.

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Celebration as an act of resistance

This project was inspired by a video of a wedding in Gaza. Faced with displacement and loss, the couple celebrated without traditions as usual. Packaged croissants instead of a wedding cake, paper decorations in a tent, new rituals are born when the old ones are out of reach.

This shows that joy is not a luxury but a need, a resistance in the face of dehumanization and death.

“As much as we want to be happy, the happiness is incomplete

Installation Concept

This immersive installation invites participants into dreamlike celebrations like we have in our memories. This tent is the shelter of our nostalgic moments. However, the experience is fragmented with layered fabrics that represent celebrations, unfinished dresses, and table settings for incomplete traditions. The sounds feel distant and distorted and, what you see doesn't feel right, repeats, and disappears. It's familiar, yet unreachable and unfinished.

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Design Intervention

The space feels like a memory slipping away Our own celebration moments flicker through piece of clothes sound fades, and meaning drifts. You're not fully part of the ritual, you're just passing by. Incomplete. In-between.

Incomplete + In-between explores what remains of tradition, memory, and connection when time, distance, or loss distorts them. It's a quiet reflection on the beauty and ache of almost remembering.

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More About the Project

SS25_Incomplete+In-Between_Idil_Nursan_Hamzeh-2.pdf PDF SS25_Incomplete+In-Between_Idil_Nursan_Hamzeh-2.pdf

Fachgruppe

International Integrated Design

Art des Projekts

Keine Angabe

Betreuer_in

foto: Katrin Middel foto: uwe gellert

Zugehöriger Workspace

Studio MID ss25 "sorry for (y)our loss"

Entstehungszeitraum

Sommersemester 2025