Becoming a Stranger.

Video installation. 8’ x 8’ x 4.5’. 2025

Stuart Hall defines identity as a "process of becoming" rather than a fixed state. He emphasizes that identity is not an inherent or stable entity, but rather a dynamic and ongoing construction shaped by social, cultural, and historical forces. This "becoming" involves continuous shifts in identification and positioning, rather than a singular, completed state of being. 

“Becoming a Stranger” is a video installation that stands like a monolith in the middle of a darkened room. The video loop displays a slightly larger than human scale silhouette of a faceless, genderless, raceless figure that moves in and out of frame and focus. The moving image is accompanied by the ambient sounds of a transit station mixed with the recitation of the poem “On Talking,” by Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran, in both English and Arabic.