A Day in the Life. Interviews with Palestinian artists
«It was very important for me to study art, especially since I live under occupation. This gave me greater determination to be an artist» (Hamada Al-Qabt)
A Day in the Life is an exhibition of young Palestinian artists living in Gaza or recently arrived in Europe: the everyday perspective of their gaze becomes a living testimony to an existence suspended between roots and distance, between memory and the present. The project took place at BASE Milano, in Milan, from 29 April to 6 May 2026. A Day in the Life is part of Grandi Sogni, an international project focusing on research, artistic production, and design, dedicated to the visual cultures and contemporary materials of Palestine. The project is organised by the Brera Academy of Fine Arts as part of JERUS-IT-ARTS. In this video, Palestinian artists from the exhibition A Day in the Life explain their artworks, which are closely connected to life in Gaza.
- Hamada Al-Qabt - “Sleep”: on blockade, surveilled people, the role of technology in helping the occupation.
- Adam Mghari - “Closed Now” and “Sleeping Elsewhere”: on the relationship with sleep and the need to live in the present.
- Yara Zahoud - “War Banquet” and “A Sky That Sees No Lights”: on the feeling of survival and the perception of being still in Gaza.
- Yasmine Aljarba - “Dark City”: on light and hope, the lack of electricity in Gaza, and the wait for it.
- Michel Jabareen - “Shu Shufet?”: on the division made by the occupation forces of Palestinians in cantons, fragmented spaces from each other.
- Adel Al-Taweel - “Cities in Your Features”: on remembering family and the relationship between past and present.
- Aya Ashour - “72 Hours”: on showing daily life as civilians under the genocide.
