The celebratory intervention, Homecoming, took over Alserkal Avenue from September to December 2021 to welcome audiences back to Alserkal Avenue for the fall season.

The project launched with three works by Artist Lakwena Maciver: 'Lift You Higher' and 'Just Passing Through', which appear at the pedestrian entrance, while 'The Best is Yet to Come' embellishes the outer facade on the corner of 17th Street and First Al Khail Street.

'Homecoming | A space for you' was Curator Janine Gaëlle Dieudji's (France/Cameroon) response to Alserkal Arts Foundation’s invitation to reinvigorate our public realm. The series, featured works by Lakwena Maciver (UK), Kameelah Janan Rasheed (USA) and Augustine Paredes (Philippines/UAE), deployed the power of language through the capacity of text-based artworks to inhabit physical and psychological space, generating a collective experience while acknowledging the importance of identity and self-recognition.

Lakwena Maciver

Eye-catching and celebratory, Lakwena’s multilingual flags Nothing Can Separate Us transform our public space with a positive message of collectivity, welcoming local and international communities in the UAE. London-based artist Lakwena’s name means “messenger”, Acholi, in the northern Ugandan language, and she takes up the gauntlet to create synergy between word, cultures and colour through uplifting messages.

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed defines herself as “a learner” and in doing so invites us to reflect upon our own position in relation to the consistently unfinished task of learning and unlearning. Her works are a collage and remix of fragmented texts, archival sources, and visual indicators that grapple with the cognitive tendency to seek and perceive notions of clarity in our reading and re-reading.