Winner of the Silver Lion for a promising young artist in the International Exhibition Viva Arte Viva, 57th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2017.

Composition for a Public Park is a large scale multichannel and multi-linguel musical composition spatially laid out in three movements across the park. Originally commissioned for the Parc de Belleville in Paris, as part of La Nuit Blanche (2013) and later shown at the 57th Venice Biennial (2017) and Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai (2019), the piece aims to allow the public a chance to explore the park differently and to do so by literally walking through the music. At the heart of each movement, a text written by the artist is voiced (translated and recorded in the language of the country).
As the title suggests, Composition for a Public Park should be installed in a public park or garden, accessible to the public free of charge.

The work is composed of three movements:

Movement 1: Stasis and Majesty
Gamelan
Brass Quintet
Piano
Mozmar

Movement 2: The Revolving Jewel
Gamelan
Oud
Qanoun
Riqq
Electronics

Movement 3: No Political Romanticism
Gamelan
String Quartet
Clapping
Contrabass

Depending on the nature of the park, if it is open at night, each music movement can be spatially indicated by an altered public light (Movement 1 Yellow / Movement 2 Red / Movement 3 Orange)