Hiba G. Isleem
Artist | Architect | Researcher
“Seven Decades In Motion”
(2026-ongoing)
An ongoing body of work composed of interconnected installations and archival investigations, including Mirage Route.
“Chock-A: Memory Under the Rubble”
(2022, 2024)
A stop-motion film following an electrical character navigating post-demolition landscapes.
“Dance of the Dying Roots”
(2024)
An animation exploring the metaphor of roots under pressure, inspired by “The Dying Swan” ballet.
“Bulldozer”
(2022)
An archival video work exploring colonial demolition mechanisms in Haifa’s Wadi al-Saleeb.
“Numbers and Squares” (2023, 2025)
An interactive installation reactivating a 1990s home-recorded game show through touch, archive, and video.
“Mirage Route”
(2026)
A spatial video installation connecting family memory, archival research, and contemporary landscapes across Palestine and Saudi Arabia.
“Indomie”
A short video essay revealing the irony of banned instant noodles turning into war aid.
“Restless”
An installation-based exhibition exploring the restless potential of matter through movement, repetition, and transformation.
“Inside the Box”
(2025)
An installation inside my bedroom in Salfit, where outside sounds activate memories that shape the work.
“Ruinborn: 90s Relics I” (2026)
Fragments of 1990s household objects, reconstructed and assembled into new forms.
“M’ata – The Plucker”
(2023)
A visceral stop-motion loop confronting movement restrictions at checkpoints.
