The river the archive,
The River, the Archive marks a collaborative work developed for the Nile Parade, hosted by Very Nile in Cairo, Egypt (2026). As one of the invited artists shaping the parade, the project emerged from the idea to transform a fishing boat into a floating archive—carrying fragments of the river rather than extracting from it.Built from palm fronds, papyrus, and collected debris, the work merges traditional craft with traces of pollution, reflecting the coexistence of nature, traditions and human impact along the shore of the Nile. Moving along the Nile, the boat becomes a temporal sculpture shaped by light, water, and ancient symbolism—holding memory, labor, and environmental questions in constant motion.
