Hajra Waheed’s upcoming solo exhibition at Kunstinstituut Melly, titled 'There Is a Fountain Even If Pale That Flows Beneath Us All', explores the intersection of sound, politics, and collective resistance. Curated by Hera Chan as part of the Call & Response series, the show features a multidisciplinary array of new commissions and recent works, including the central multichannel sound installation 'HUM' (2020), which amplifies the voices of political prisoners.
The exhibition is significant for its investigation into 'listening' as a political act and a form of refusal against censorship and displacement. By utilizing the 'hum' as a sonic metaphor for persistence under repressive regimes, Waheed connects individual experiences of incarceration and surveillance to broader global liberation struggles, transforming the museum space into a site for radical attunement.