MeMoSa: where the yoke often hangs from the ceiling by Leah Solomon
Student Artist-in-Residence Leah Solomon presents: where the yoke often hangs from the ceiling
Tuesday, May 6 | 12:00 - 6:00 PM
This multi-channel video installation examines the courtyard home (Hidmo House) as a space of memory, history, and imagined reconstruction. This work is a multi-channel video combining footage filmed in Eritrea with generative AI elements and my writing, synchronized across three screens. It will explore space, memory, and the ephemerality of the architecture of the courtyard home. The sound design, composed of ambient textures, field recordings, and manipulated piano will mirror the shifting, ephemeral nature of memory. The synchronized projections work in dialogue with one another, offering different perspectives on the courtyard—sometimes aligned, sometimes fractured—echoing the ways in which memory reshapes space over time. By translating the physicality of the courtyard home into a digital installation, this project serves as both a reflection on the past and a foundation for future explorations.
To visit, please RSVP or contact us via email at movement@barnard.edu at least 24 hours before the event. We will coordinate your entry through the main entrance (3009 Broadway). Visitors with Barnard/Columbia IDs can walk in.
Capacity in the lab is capped at 40 audience members. Attendees who have RSVP'd before the event will have priority, and admission will be determined on a first come first serve basis on arrival. If you RSVP before the event but arrive late, we reserve the right to give your spot to someone on the waitlist.
Attendees who have not RSVP'd will be put on a standby waitlist if they arrive in person before the event.
Leah Solomon is a multidisciplinary artist & filmmaker. She has exhibited work at Ars Electronica, NOW Gallery, Blackstar Film Festival, Berlin International Arts Film Festival, Trauma Bar un Kino, and MoCADA Museum.