
A Staircase Home by Linda Dounia

Artist Linda Dounia contemplates memory, loss, and change in her poetic collection, A Staircase Home. Her artwork is designed through an algorithm built around her memory of the staircase that led up to her beloved childhood home in the small Senegalese city of Mbour, a home that was removed to make way for a growing city. The staircase motif climbs back and forth in each of 12 digital artworks—tufted carpets in their physical forms—at varying heights and angles in a mix of earthy and vibrant tones. Conceived on an exploratory trip to Morocco where the medium for her collection was chosen, the works also take inspiration from Moroccan artisanal traditions. The abstract shapes that rise and fall in a zigzag pattern from edge to edge, create a dynamic symbol of connection between past and present and technology and craft.




Linda Dounia
Linda Dounia is an artist, designer, and curator examining the intricate interplay between tangible and intangible structures through her expansive creative practice that the art of craft-making in dialogue with technology, acrylic, ink, pastels, vector, video, GANs, and more recently, Javascript, including languages like p5.js – that often fuse harmoniously to craft her unique expressions. With a keen eye on technology's impact, Linda, who is Senegalese-Lebanese and currently based in Dakar, delves into how it can either perpetuate inequality or stimulate reflection on the profound philosophical dimensions of techno-capitalism. Dounia's artistic aspirations are entwined with envisioning futures steeped in solarpunk ideals, embracing degrowth, and championing decolonization.

