AKINCI is proud to present the duo exhibition One Meter Under by Inge Meijer (1986, Netherlands) and Stéphanie Saadé (1983, Lebanon). The artists find common grounds in their work through installation, video, photography and drawing. In a poetic way, the exhibition covers themes of childhood, reflections on home, memory and cultivated nature. The text accompanying the exhibition is written by Stéphanie Saadé.
When Inge Meijer invited me to share a show at AKINCI, she introduced herself notably as the owner of one of my works and the mother of Zevrah. Her introduction immediately brought us to an intimacy that already existed between us, even though we had never met. I mention these two points because they guided the way we built our show, as well as the title we chose for it: One Meter Under. I suggested this title to Inge based on the fact that we both have small children. Spending time with my daughter Noa makes me realize that she sees some things more beautifully than I do. I like to believe it’s because of that meter—the slowly or quickly shrinking 100 centimeters—that separates us, and I try to imagine seeing from that perspective, in an attempt to share her amazement. I can still remember how beautiful I once found certain things when I was her age, or should I say, her height. Remembering how we looked at the world then could help us appreciate it as a vivid feeling in the present, rather than as a beautiful but distant memory.
