Takhtet Al Qaleb

The work Prilla exhibits here is her attempt to represent the feeling, experiences and memories of her time in Sharjah. How she moved within the city. Takhtit Al Qaleb, which literally means the Mapping of the Heart in Arabic, is a term for the Electrocardiogram machine. Takhtit Al Qaleb is Prilla’s interpretation on the shape of Sharjah city, both physically in what she witnessed when she walked her streets, and the non-physical shapes from the stories of residents and newcomers. Prilla used a second video projection to support the Takhtit Al Qaleb installation in conveying her thoughts on people movements, mobility and its relations to the city’s physical form, and how the city grows and its relations with the people living there.