Dezeen: The Water Clock installation captures the "torturous experience" of Waiting At An Embassy

In a powerful  piece centering the tragedy of Palestinian genocide, writer Jennifer Hahn reviews Dima Srouji's "Water Clock" installation, on view at the Fenaa Alawwal cultural centre in Riyadh, for the group exhibition Unfolding the Embassy.

"Architect Dima Srouji has used glass bricks to construct a miniature waiting room inside the Fenaa Alawwal cultural centre in Riyadh to visualise the bureaucratic limbo faced by displaced Palestinians.

On show in Riyadh's diplomatic quarter, the scale model of an embassy waiting room combines tiered seating into a shape resembling a water clock – a kind of ancient hourglass that measures time through the flow of water rather than sand.

By constructing the installation from 812 frosted glass bricks, Srouji hoped to illustrate the experiences of refugees and people lacking proper documentation, who are forced to put their lives on hold while waiting on official paperwork."

The exhibition is on view May 16 - September 1, 2024. 

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