Tausendundeine Nacht

Conceived as an immersive audio and video installation, the project brings together stories, myths and songs narrated by migrants living in Germany in their native languages. Distributed throughout the space, the voices move through the architecture as whispers, creating a polyphonic environment in which multiple narratives coexist without hierarchy.

The spoken texts are accompanied by German translations projected upside down onto a screen. Unreadable at first glance, the texts become legible only through their reflection on the polished concrete floor. The floor functions simultaneously as a mirror and a translating device, extending the act of reading into the surrounding architecture.

Drawing inspiration from the structure of One Thousand and One Nights, the installation approaches storytelling as a form of survival, transmission and resistance. The work reflects on migration not through statistics or geopolitical narratives, but through the stories, songs and oral traditions that individuals carry with them across borders.

By requiring visitors to change their position in order to read the texts, the installation transforms translation into a spatial experience. Understanding becomes an act of reflection, suggesting that access to another person's story always requires a shift in perspective.