Amna Elamin. Unfamiliar Ceilings

»Unfamiliar Ceilings« by Amna Elamin traces out a personal journey through displacement brought about by war, and explores the quiet, often invisible traces that conflict leaves on our lives and sense of home.

Beneath these ceilings, the world contracts and expands, carrying memory, fear, and fragile hope in equal measure. The exhibition reflects on what war has taken from us by force: the constancy of safety, the familiarity of spaces once considered sacred, and the certainty of belonging. It meditates on leaving and arriving, on navigating uncertainty, and on the slow, intimate work of learning to live life again. Through these reflections, the exhibition casts light on resilience, the weight of memory, and the persevering search for connection and stability in a world rendered unfamiliar.

Amna Elamin is a visual storyteller and creative researcher whose work illuminates political inequities, memory, and the ethical dimensions of human experience. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and Mathematics from the University of Khartoum, Sudan, bringing analytical rigor and interdisciplinary insight to her practice at the intersections of visual journalism, digital art, and advocacy. Amna Elamin is a fellow at ZKM | Karlsruhe in 2024/25.