M’barek Bouhchichi
I am not the stone thrown into the water, but the seed sown in the field, 2026
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, 2nd edition, Home: A Glossary for a Communal Sense of Place, Al Qattara Oasis, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
October 23, 2026 – February 15, 2027
M’barek Bouhchichi is participating in the second edition of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial at Al Qattara Oasis. He presents a stainless-steel work that reimagines the pigeon tower, a form of vernacular architecture found from North Africa to the Emirates, as a space of refuge and passage. Its title is borrowed from Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North. A poem drawn from Al Nahma, the Emirati tradition of sailors’ work songs, unfolds in Braille through perforations and wooden elements across the structure.
