Muhannad Shono

Fluidity moves through the land, not as surface but as memory—home unmoored, stories untethered. When land is unsettled, when it cannot rest, it trembles, shifting in a cycle of return denied, roots severed, presence undone. Wind does not erase; it unsettles. The tapestries shift—at times dense as mountains, pressing into the earth, at others twisting, lifting, held between surrender and resistance. They turn translucent, casting faint imprints of what once clung to this place—timeworn plants, their echoes held in light as the ground slips away. Yet within the tremor, a quiet rebirth. From the fracture, new narratives rise—of the place, of the land—woven into air and motion. They do not replace, nor do they still. They persist. Suspended between gravity and flight, between the weight of history and the pull of the unknown, the fabrics remain restless. What remains when home drifts, when story bends but does not break, when presence refuses to erode?

Curated by Desert X Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas.

The exhibition reflects on the desert’s deep time evolutions reframing ideas and wilderness and exploring themes of Indigenous futurism, design activism, colonial power asymmetries, the impress of humanity on the land and the role of emerging technologies in our contemporary society.

Generous support is provided by Athr Foundation.