Fatiha Zemmouri 08.2.2026 - 19.4.2026 Ilā Turāb (To the Soil) | MACAAL

lā turāb is a floor-based intervention presented by Fatiha Zemmouri, composed of an earthen inscription rendered in Arabic Diwani calligraphy*. The installation brings into relation two fragments of a sentence — min turāb (“from the soil”) and ilā turāb (“to the soil”) — whose lines intersect and overlap within the space.

Created in situ, the work unfolds as an invitation to silence, offering a meditative accompaniment to a circular movement. Beginning in a dense area of soil, the script is heavily layered and becomes partially illegible. As one moves through the space, this density gradually decreases: the signs begin to emerge, and the phrase ilā turāb becomes increasingly legible, structuring the progression toward a central point.