Dialogue of Souls / Voices in Color

Collaborative installation by Merima Smajlović and Mary Jane Pories

Dialogue of Souls / Voices in Color brings together two histories of displacement, persecution, and inherited memory, exploring how personal experiences can become a shared space of remembrance.

Suspended, naturally dyed textiles and woven assemblages of personal and inherited objects evoke the fragile connections between identity, memory, and belonging. At the center, the artists’ handwritten poetry in Bosnian and English overlaps across transparent panels, creating a dialogue between languages and histories.

Sound and visitors’ handwritten messages extend the installation beyond individual testimony, transforming it into an evolving space of collective memory and human connection.