September - November 2014 : Ithaca, Greece


In her residency at the Ionion Center for Art and Culture, Samina continues her work "deconstructing the pilgrimage;" this time exploring a journey through the notion of poiesis. While walking the island of Ithaca in 7 days, she remains at the port, Sami in Kefalonia for 33 days. gazing one at the other. Through this process, she investigates mystical states of poiesis and how this experience locates us in understanding the image of the self in its multiple reflections. Relating this to the Sufi Sema ritual, she explores the journey of one’s own transformations, using the metaphor of the mirror, the silent gaze of oneself in relation to the universal.