Concert of Colors - Memoirs of a Martyred Earth Performance, Free!
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Memoirs of a Martyred Earth is a multidisciplinary performance experience that will bring together a quintet of Arabic musicians, women poets of the Arab diaspora, Belgian soundscape compositions, and immersive visual projections in a meditation on land, memory, environmental devastation, exile, and resilience.
The projections include the stories and artworks of participating visual artists from Detroit featured in The Amplification Project: Women Artists of the Arab Diaspora, transforming the auditorium into a living archive of voice, image, sound, and testimony.
At the center of the event is a poetic and ecological reflection on war’s impact not only on human beings, but on the earth itself — soil, water, air, trees, and collective memory. The event draws from texts such as Memoirs of a Martyred Earth by Ibaa Ismail, which evokes the earth speaking as a wounded witness to violence and displacement.
Through music, spoken word, sound design, and projected visual art, Memoirs of a Martyred Earth creates a ceremonial and contemporary gathering space where audiences are invited to contemplate grief, survival, environmental crisis, migration, and the enduring role of art in human resilience.
Poetry by:
Kamelya Omayma Youssef
Ibaa Ismail
Biba Sheikh
Musical direction is led by:
Laith Al-Saadi (Detroit)
Didier Nietsche (Belgium)
Film imagery:
Zina Hakeem (Syria/Lebanon)
Presented as part of Concert of Colors. Find more details at concertofcolors.com
Admission to the performance and the museum is FREE
The projections include the stories and artworks of participating visual artists from Detroit featured in The Amplification Project: Women Artists of the Arab Diaspora, transforming the auditorium into a living archive of voice, image, sound, and testimony.
At the center of the event is a poetic and ecological reflection on war’s impact not only on human beings, but on the earth itself — soil, water, air, trees, and collective memory. The event draws from texts such as Memoirs of a Martyred Earth by Ibaa Ismail, which evokes the earth speaking as a wounded witness to violence and displacement.
Through music, spoken word, sound design, and projected visual art, Memoirs of a Martyred Earth creates a ceremonial and contemporary gathering space where audiences are invited to contemplate grief, survival, environmental crisis, migration, and the enduring role of art in human resilience.
Poetry by:
Kamelya Omayma Youssef
Ibaa Ismail
Biba Sheikh
Musical direction is led by:
Laith Al-Saadi (Detroit)
Didier Nietsche (Belgium)
Film imagery:
Zina Hakeem (Syria/Lebanon)
Presented as part of Concert of Colors. Find more details at concertofcolors.com
Admission to the performance and the museum is FREE
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Where is it happening?
5401 Woodward Avenue, 48202, 5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202-4009, United States
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Host or PublisherDetroit Historical Museum
