The Legacy Heritage


On a custom wooden board Fadi Aljabour is dancing upon various hand-drawn murals representing both colonial signs and symbols of Marshallese culture. The performance contains dramatic movements similar to how Marshallese dance to depict stories through their traditional dances called "biit" or "jurbak" which can also be linked to colonial contributions.

As seen in this perforamce, Aljabour has composed a new form of dance in the same way to capture and express the state and layers of colonial heritage accumulation in the islands over time, inrespective of whether they are in harmony or opposition to each other.

Apart from that, alcohol bottles are hung on a tree of metal stand, rattling throughout the performance as they interact with the various dramatic dance moves signifying colonial impacts and the turbulent journey of the Marshallese people and their culture as a result. 
The glass bottles represent how alcohol for example is one of the things that the first German colonists brought to the islands.

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The Legacy Heritage
Fadi Aljabour
Video installation, 5 min, Glass bottles, metal, wood board and sticks, laser bubble level, acrylic colors, nylon strings, chalk
225 x 175 x 230 cm
2022