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Aired on May 25th 17:45 CEST 2025
A pause between lights and shadows
Genre: Sound installation / sculpture
Duration: 15 min
Streaming live from: West Den Haag
“A pause between lights and shadows” is a generative sound installation. It is a constantly evolving soundscape, never repeating itself in the same way, just like life. The work takes shape over time, through a continuously changing sonic flow.

Starting from a simple yet universal question,“what if life ended tomorrow?”, the installation invites reflection by raising deeper questions: Who are we? What truly matters? What is the meaning of light and shadow in our existence?

In this context, the work becomes a metaphor for the human condition, a weave of emotions, joys, sorrows, hopes, and fears. Confronted with the idea of the end, every detail of life gains a new intensity, highlighting its fragile beauty.

This is not a farewell, but rather a space for listening and awareness. “A pause between lights and shadows” does not commemorate what is about to end, but invites us to connect with the present moment. More than an inquiry into how to live our last day, it is a hymn to the intensity of living. In this suspended time, what truly matters is not the end, but how we choose to inhabit every instant, right up to the last breath.

Featuring:

A2 Abd El Monim

A2 Abd El Monim, born Alan Abd El Monim, is an Italian-Egyptian artist and composer. His identity represents a meeting point between two worlds and two profoundly different cultural traditions. On one side, the African, Arabic-speaking heritage, rich in history and spirituality; on the other, the European, Neo-Latin-speaking branch, steeped in modernity and rationalism. It is the fusion of these two cultures that gives rise to a bridge connecting different languages, experiences, and values.

A2 Abd El Monim expresses himself through musical creation, ranging from electronic to purely instrumental music, and through the interaction between the arts. His music has been performed at numerous national and international festivals, including: Musica d’Arte (Riccione, Italy), Luci d’Artista (Salerno, Italy), GAMO (Florence, Italy), Spazio Musica (Cagliari, Italy), Caustico Lunare (Bologna, Italy), On Air – On Site (The Hague, Netherlands), Sound Spaces (Malmö, Sweden), and more.

In 2019, he composed music for Giovanni Oberti’s solo exhibition “La pelle degli oggetti” held at Galleria Milano. In 2022, he curated the exhibition of Oberti’s works “Lui&Lei”, presented at ArtVerona and represented by Galleria Fuoricampo in Siena. In 2020, he began a collaboration with poet Milo De Angelis, setting to music the poem “A volte, sull’orlo della notte, si rimane sospesi”. He has also composed music for theatrical works directed by Emily Tartamelli and for film productions by directors such as Reto Gelshorn, Enea Francia, Paola Piscitelli, and Fabio Corbellini. He collaborated with the London fashion brand B DODI and was invited to participate in the group exhibition “Instructions to Light-Keepers” (Milan), presenting his sound installation “La Tempesta”. In March 2023, his interactive and generative music and video installation “Periodo Nero” was selected for the Picasso tribute in Florence and presented at the Certosa di Firenze in September of the same year. In 2023, he was selected to participate in the Malta Biennale 2024. Starting in 2024, he began a collaboration with the multidisciplinary artist and performer Claudia Locatelli, taking part in various projects related to performance art and the artistic vocabulary of the New Circus.