العبور
Fay uses time as a political tool for precarious bodies to, preserve, reclaim and produce. She brings a performance score of stealing time with a walking practice. Performed first iteration in Arnhem, the work titled ‘Al Obour’ materializes again in Utrecht city as part of U? Program. Based on a social choreography of fellow precarious bodies, fay invites you to reorient your body towards something else, a glimpse into the possibilities of time.
Fay uses time as a political tool for precarious bodies to, preserve, reclaim and produce. She brings a performance score of stealing time with a walking practice. Performed first iteration in Arnhem, the work titled ‘Al Obour’ materializes again in Utrecht city as part of U? Program. Based on a social choreography of fellow precarious bodies, fay invites you to reorient your body towards something else, a glimpse into the possibilities of time.
sep 2025
tell me what you really really really think
In Tell Me What You Really Really Really Think, fay invites the audience to become active participants in shaping the artistic experience. This work explores the responsibility and intimacy inherent in witnessing a performance.
In Tell Me What You Really Really Really Think, fay invites the audience to become active participants in shaping the artistic experience. This work explores the responsibility and intimacy inherent in witnessing a performance.
nov 2024
العبور
in the context of fay’s artistic masters research, the conditions that create a precarious body are investigated, as well as the ways they materially manifest themselves. through inviting the audience to join the route of a pilgrimage around the city of Arnhem, fay poses the question of “how does a precarious body preserve itself?”
image credits: fenia kotsopoulou
may 2023
no
during Arnhem Uitnacht at Eusebiuskerk, fay's performance redefined the pulpit's purpose. Moving in an unending circle, for 4 hours, filling the space with a nonstop speech ranging from the mundane and the profound.
fay's words, often perceived as a display of madness or a conversation with a higher power, posed an important question to the audience: who holds the privilege to voice concerns and receive care in society?
image credits: daz disley
fay's words, often perceived as a display of madness or a conversation with a higher power, posed an important question to the audience: who holds the privilege to voice concerns and receive care in society?
image credits: daz disley
jan 2023
exotik neurotik
fay's first year of artistic research project unfolds an inquiry into the complexities of the multifaceted process of becoming and achieving recognition and legitimacy within the Western framework.
image credits: fenia kotsopoulou
fay's first year of artistic research project unfolds an inquiry into the complexities of the multifaceted process of becoming and achieving recognition and legitimacy within the Western framework.
image credits: fenia kotsopoulou
july 2022
BUT WE ARE A COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY, GIMME MORE.
as fay's exploration took shape during a residency at Forte Marghera, offering a response to the dynamics of collective living. through an intervention, the audience was invited to question: who bears the weight of hospitality? whose bodies are acknowledged for their labor? and what does an imposed ecology entail for those who had no choice?
image credits: daz disley
image credits: daz disley
may 2022
I CAN ACTUALLY SEE YOU
as part of a residency at Forte Marghera, fay created a response to the pervasive concept of surveillance within capitalist structures. anchored in her ongoing research of knowledge legitimacy, she crafted an immersive experience that explored privacy's precarious standing under capitalism.
image credits: daz disley
as part of a residency at Forte Marghera, fay created a response to the pervasive concept of surveillance within capitalist structures. anchored in her ongoing research of knowledge legitimacy, she crafted an immersive experience that explored privacy's precarious standing under capitalism.
image credits: daz disley
may 2022
from the cradle to the grave
in a workshop led by dr. vanessa macaulay, fay led a performative ritual which focused on the collective experience of grief.
image credits: fenia kotsopoulou
in a workshop led by dr. vanessa macaulay, fay led a performative ritual which focused on the collective experience of grief.
image credits: fenia kotsopoulou
april 2022
my rotting corpse
in a performance at het blauw veld, fay invites the audience to think in relation to our collective body and question: what does justice mean when contemporary living tests the boundaries of human decency?
in a performance at het blauw veld, fay invites the audience to think in relation to our collective body and question: what does justice mean when contemporary living tests the boundaries of human decency?
feb 2022
