Dream Boat Series
Commissioned for the Sharjah Biennial 15, these backlit street signs were displayed on various storefronts throughout the Emirate of Sharjah for the duration of the 30th anniversary edition of the event. Some of these signs lived above heavily trafficked stores selling nuts and soft drinks—one’s daily sustenance–and others were situated above the humdrum of textile workshops and the quiet of a bookshop. Three lived above abandoned storefronts, waiting for their new owners to arrive and take up residence. Moving across the expanse of the city, Himid’s signs would disappear and reappear within the urban fabric as lyrical proverbs for collective dreaming. What becomes of a dream when it moves across places?
