An interactive installation and exchange of memory through songs; constellations of lullabies, village lore, and battlecries shared through the diaspora. hosted by Leyya Mona Tawil

Open hours to share a song of your diaspora

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Relax, reminisce, share a folk song.

Reflect on the journey you - and your song - took to get to Detroit. 

Your voice and music will be transformed into a “future folksong" for you to keep, and will join the Malayeen.Space community-generated archive of future folksongs. 

Free, all ages welcome.
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Questions or want to make an appointment for you and your friends, family, or community outside of these public hours? Email info at playhouselabs dot org

This project was conceived and developed by Leyya Mona Tawil, in collaboration with code designer Andrej Hrončo. Leyya Mona Tawil [Lime Rickey International] is an artist working with sound, dance, and hybrid forms.  Her works are built with song, sound art, folk dance, social practice, and conceptual means in an attempt for future building and community thinking. 

This engagement is supported by the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. Lime Rickey International’s Malayeen project has received support from the British Council (London), Wysing Art Center (Cambridge), Arab American National Museum (Dearborn), the City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program and the California Arts Council. 

Photo credit: Malayeen.Space installed at Serendipity Festival 2023, Goa