Raeda Saadeh’s works open in the middle of things, where collapse has already occurred, and is still ongoing, and life, somehow, goes on. Her practice does not offer answers or consolation. Instead, it lingers in the uneasy space between upheaval and the routines that persist in its wake, staying with the trouble of what it means to go on.

The world continues out of step with itself. Time advances, but meaning falters. The gestures of daily life carry on, though they no longer feel proportionate to the moment. In Saadeh’s work, this imbalance becomes palpable. Her actions feel deliberate but disjointed, never quite arriving, never fully at rest. Going on becomes an act of endurance, but one that is constantly shadowed by the feeling of standing still.

The ordinary shifts in tone. Familiar acts appear strange; surreal moments pass unnoticed. Everything feels theatrical. Saadeh’s performances don’t heighten this atmosphere, they lay it bare, exposing a reality stretched thin by its own weight. Language struggles here. It arrives late, or breaks apart. Meaning surfaces not through explanation, but in the intervals: in pauses, fractures, and the weight of what remains unsaid. Her works speak only from within the act, never outside of it. They inhabit a friction: neither shielding us from collapse, nor surrendering to it entirely.

And through it all, there is watching. Some watch while others act. Some turn away. Some don’t fully see what’s in front of them. Watching is never passive. It absorbs, it distances, it consumes, it unsettles. It carries the same weight as the acts it trails. It, too, is a way of continuing, uncertain, unresolved, and as burdened as action itself.

Dear viewers, this exhibition does not seek resolution. 

The works trace the contradictions of continuing on amid rupture. Rather than provide clarity or closure, Saadeh’s practice holds space for the unresolved, where the act of going on becomes a question in and of itself, directed not only at the artist, but at all who remain, eyes open, watching.

Raeda Sa’adeh was born in Umm al-Fahm in 1977 and lives in Jerusalem. In 2000, she received the first Young Artist of the Year Award from the A.M. Qattan Foundation. She works across photography, video, and installation, with a practice rooted in performance and her body as the core subject. Her work has been widely exhibited at institutions and biennials around the world and is held in major collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum.