The Sky is mine

“The Sky is Mine” is a land art project presented as part of The Absence of Paths, curated by Lina Lazaar for the Tunisian Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia. While The Absence of Paths addresses migration through a physical pavilion and an online platform, my contribution transforms this space into a personal search for hope and liberation.

“Where I am, let it be so — the sky is mine.”
— Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980)

The land where I live is filled with both promise and despair. It tears down mountains to raise towers, cuts trees to make roads for vehicles whose lives grow ever shorter. Every morning brings news of loss — of children, animals, and fellow humans — yet each death echoes with the fragile persistence of hope.

Here, among stony paths and vast deserts, I search for a place that opens like a window to life, full of joy and possibility. On the grey roads before me, I look for skies. Through the dark clouds, I search for a soft, comforting blue — an escape from the bitter weight of the land I love. Though some try to sift my dreams and impose their realities upon me, I will bring my dreams down from the sky and root them firmly into the earth.