On the 7th day he released a pigeon who finding no resting place returned to him.
Pigeons have always had a sacred place in Palestine. Today the art of keeping pigeons is a popular pastime, occupying rooftops and peppering our skies with aerial acrobatics. In Flight – Jalazone, tiny LED lights attached to pigeons from local coops bring rays of light to the sky above the Jalazone Refugee Camp. In this performance evoking the sea, pigeons will draw undulating, ephemeral waves in the sky moments before dusk. Multiple currents of blue and amber light enact a metaphoric Mediterranean where man-made and nature, freedom and enclosure, play out in a transitory ballet of holding patterns pointing to migration, both engineered and natural. Flight – Jalazone marks a continuation of work Nida began in 2005 using LEDs in nature. Common to all these works is the wonder a little light can bring.
