Yara Mekawei

In her acoustic bricolages, the artist and scientist Yara Mekawei is inspired by the dynamic events in urban centers and their infrastructure. She is interested in the philosophy of architecture, social history and philosophical literature. Yara implements the optical transaction from the musical conversation, transferring the sound waves into visual forms. Their work is based on sound as an essential tool of sight. The philosophy of her compositional work is shaped by sophisticated practices that convey messages from the conceptual dimension to the public.

Yara uses research-based, historically evolved practices that combine the ideology of the mythical past with the sophisticated technology of the eternal present. Their concepts are based on research literature, with an emphasis on social philosophy. Her projects are about the connection between doing and the other, which is reflected in the non-material aspects of her cultural identity as a female member of an East African society.