Afra Al Dhaheri is an artist whose work across mediums that considers adaptation, time, and fragility is rooted in growing up in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE—a place marked by recent socioeconomic change. D-constructing Collective Exhaustion (2024) draws on time, presence, and attention in an immersive installation made of wooden structures, tangled ropes, light, and sound. The viewer can slow down and engage their senses in this brief refuge from the overstimulation of everyday life. Through lighting and sound, the piece emphasises the need to process and reclaim balance between mind and body, its soundscape designed to resonate deeply, encouraging the body to feel, register, and remember.

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