Saturday, 24 October, 2026 - 15:30

Bound With the Living: all the rivers residency | shared research day

Hagar Ophir
Juna Suleiman
Miriam Schickler
Hana Umeda

Bound with the Living: 

Rehearsals for an Unwritten History

By Hagar Ophir | Juna Suleiman | Miriam Schickler | Hana Umeda

An experimental, collaborative research project evolving since 2019.

The project is built around objects of historical and personal value as witnesses of the past, carrying the histories of their owners and the experiences they have endured. We use the séance as a method for engaging with history in a non-linear way.

As part of our second research residency period at ausland, we invite visitors and collaborators to join us for a day of shared research on October 24th.

15:30 Haptic Tour/ audio description/ Early boarding gathering

16:00 Gathering and start

The day combines looking back at past objects and protocols from earlier séance sessions with the possibility of exploring something new together.

Visitors are invited to bring objects of their own that carry histories of imperial violence, displacement, and loss. Together, we will choose one object, hold a séance, and afterward discuss and research what came up during the session.

Interested visitors are welcome to send us pictures of the object(s) they would like to bring, along with what they know about the object and its owner or holder, preferably 1 to 2 weeks before the 24th, to boundwiththeliving@gmail.com

Participants confront ancestors and historical ruptures through objects marked by violence, displacement, and loss. These objects hold traces of un-narrated ways of living under imperial violence, giving voice to potential histories shaped by the possibility of repair.

The project continues to evolve each time through different objects and materials and new encounters. Rather than reconstructing a fixed past, the project rehearses relationships to histories that remain fragmentary and unresolved, resisting linear narration or an authoritative voice.

The motivation is to create situations where historical engagement can be a collective practice and an embodied experience. The aim goes beyond seeking answers, instead seeking to hold space for questions, contradictions, and partial knowledge.

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