Limbo
Interactive piece exploring displacement and the fragile border between safety and uncertainty.
Synopsis
The interactive performance at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, commissioned by UNHCR, invited audiences into a space between worlds—where identity, belonging and the right to asylum are tested. Participants moved through installations and text, blurring the line between spectator and witness.
Themes
Production history
- Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, Baku (UNHCR commission, 2018)
Press
“Blurring the line between spectator and witness.”
Excerpt
They told us to wait. Not here, not there — in between. The room is white, or it pretends to be. Someone has left a coat on a chair. You can put it on if you want. You can also leave it.
VOICE (off): Where are you from?
A beat. No answer required. The question hangs like a border you cannot see but feel in your chest.
This is limbo — not a place on any map, but a condition. The excerpt above opens the interactive version staged at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum. The full script and adaptation notes are available on request.
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