SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 3 till 6pm
PRIVATE VENUE
SALON Unruly Waters: Embracing Fluidity and In-Betweenness
with Mudassir Sheikh
This Salon invites participants to explore the concept of fluidity in its many forms. In a world often constrained by rigid binaries and artificial borders—be it in nationhood, gender or societal roles—fluidity offers a way to transcend these divides. Inspired by the unruly nature of the ocean, which resists control and classification, this theme also draws from myths and stories connected to water—such as Sufi legends and non-Western cosmologies—inviting us to consider alternative ways of knowing and being. These narratives challenge the everyday Western rationalistic impulse to define and label, offering instead a fluid, interconnected perspective.
Fluidity urges us to embrace the spaces in between and to sit with and bear witness to the discomfort and uncertainty that might arise as we reject binaries.

Contributions:
Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards. Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity.
A book by Afsaneh Najmabadi – https://www.ucpress.edu/books/women-with-mustaches-and-men-without-beards/paper
Dineo Seshee Bopape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dineo_Seshee_Bopape
Astrida Neimanis “We Are All at Sea” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp1wo1irkQA
The Sea in the River – Jeanne Penjan Lassus & Shahana Rajani
https://before-law.com/projects/the-sea-in-the-river
The Little Mermaid https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid
Karel Zeman: Invention for Destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggn0nvKCd2w
L’HIPPOCAMPE OU “CHEVAL MARIN” – Jean Painlevé – https://www.cienciatk.csic.es/Videos/EL+HIPOCAMPO+O+CABALLITO+DE+MAR_26929.html
Özge Samanci https://www.ozgesamanci.com/#/fiber-optic-ocean/
Lin May Saeed https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2021/02/11/speaking-beyond-language-lin-may-saeed-interviewed/
Hammar Marshes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammar_Marshes