Ayman Zedani

The Heavens Is For All (الأرض للجميع) (2023) is a short film with a multi-channel audio setup and a small publication that explores the idea of nature as Awwal Bayt (First House). The project brings together two stories from the human and more-than-human worlds, blurring the line between fiction and reality. The artwork explores both the regenerative power of ancient land management practices of water terraces and the emergence of an ecological site. The film points to the living legacy of interspecies storylines in an abandoned Hajj terminal where a central tree has become home to more than 50 nests of weaver birds. This community of birds' ripple effect is seen in the lush vegetation that increases the closer one gets to the home tree speaking to the transformational power of nature and interspecies co-existence. The film weaves together a tapestry of multiple elements, visual and audible, factual and fictional to create an archive reflecting and exploring themes around the human influence on the planet, climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and the future of the earth.