“www” was born out of a serendipitous conversation, one which put things in motion to make the collaboration among the three artists happen. During an artistic residency in Marseille, Aïda and Lori who had previously met at another residency, decided on a last-minute switch from a studio session to the beach, a decision that led to an extremely generative and insightful conversation under the summer sun. Personal stories were exchanged, about trials and tribulations with colonialism, “post-colonialism”, the situation in Lebanon, and the global struggle/war over resources. This stayed with Aïda, who had been planning on collaborating with Imane, and who eventually came across the Youmein Festival open call on the theme of steadfastness in the face of catastrophe. It is as if this conversation on the beach allowed for everything to fall into place. One thing led to another: a title, a scenographic constraint, a brief for movement research…The project naturally took on a co-creation format, one of working collaboratively and without hierarchy, and that became one of the project’s core strengths.

The project was initially produced within the framework of Youmein Festival 2024, a festival grounded in the idea of having 48 hours to reflect, develop, and present a work. The work-in-progress was then selected to open the Art Explora Festival in Tangier, an event curated by Leila Hida/Le 18 in collaboration with Youmein Festival.

With only 24 hours of being in the same space at the same time, the project nonetheless continues to grow with regular virtual calls and a one-month residency projected for September 2025 in Fes as part of “3oubour | عُبُور: A River between Mountains” – an international residency project run by The Arab British Centre, A.MAL Projects and Takafes.