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Ola Hassanain: The Watcher

Kunstinstituut Melly

until
21
Sep
2025
17
May
-
21
Sep
2025
partner
Kunstinstituut Melly
location
Rotterdam
year
2025
discipline
visual arts
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In her solo exhibition The Watcher, Ola Hassanain explores how power manifests in the built environment. Inspired by irrigation systems in Sudan, the figure of the watcher takes center stage: someone who watches over water and community. For Hassanain, this figure also serves as a metaphor for those who care for their surroundings while resisting systems of exclusion. Through film and installation, she reflects on watching as a form of care, resistance, and responsibility in times of ecological and social instability.