Stake attention in this memory
The image displays a textual art installation or digital display within an exhibition space in Venice, Italy. The central subject is a poem titled "The Second City for Heba Abunada," written by Maneo Mohale, presented in illuminated white sans-serif text against a uniform dark gray background. On the upper left, the title "The Second City for Heba Abunada" and attribution "by Maneo Mohale" are displayed in a larger, bolder font. To the right of the title, an indented quote, formatted in a slightly smaller, italicized font, reads: "We are above, building a second city, doctors without patients or blood, professors without overcrowding and yelling at students, new families without pain or sadness, journalists photographing paradise, and poets writing about eternal love, all of them from Gaza, all of them. In heaven, a new Gaza – unbesieged – is coming into being. —Heba Abunada, 15 October 2023, 8:47pm." Below this, the main body of the poem unfolds in several stanzas, extending downwards and across the right side of the display. The poem's lines describe themes of global interconnectedness, memory, conflict, and resilience, specifically referencing Gaza, Kashmir, Goma, Al-Fashir, Braamfontein, Rosebank, and Johannesburg. It addresses loss, especially of children, and the concept of a "second city" where names are sung in "one breath." The minimalist presentation focuses entirely on the text, with no visible people or additional objects within the frame.
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