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Michael(a) Daoud is an interdisciplinary artist and activist working with archive, conceptual and performance art in the expanded field of time-based art.
They grew up in Egypt, studied Art and Architecture in Syria, and have been based in Berlin since 2015. They currently pursue their postgraduate studies at UDK Berlin University of the Arts – M.A. Solo, Dance and Authorship (SODA)
Daoudβs practice is based on rethinking archival and mythological narratives, investigating the impact of historical and current waves of migration on large-group identity. Daoud focuses on the history of modern human legacy and its impact on culture in their storytelling, including individual experiences of migrants, but also views on immigration in relation to the eternal state of human exile.
Daoud works with βSpaceβ as a medium and choreographs objects in it to sculpt a sentimental setting that people can relate to, informed by their relation to theirβ―situation and surroundings that appears as a dreamlike tableau in which fiction and reality meet in the sense that it is βTimeβ as a core element, but it is not real-time.
Originally trained as an architect and plastic artist, Daoud moved from Syria in 2012 and arrived in Germany in 2014. This change of places has led them to dive into body and movement practices as a form of healing which awakened a transition into their current conceptual approach.β―
Michael(a) Daoud has presented their work in Berlinβ―at Haus der Statistik, CoCulture, Schwules Museum, Berlin Aids-Hilfe, the University of the Arts Berlin Rundgang 2019-2020, English Theatre Berlin EXPO 2020 Festival, PAF β Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2018-2021-2022, Oslo World Festival 2020/Norway,β―STAMP street art festival 2021/Hamburg and SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts 2022 amongst others.
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