The Price of Bricks
The Price of Bricks is a collaborative project between Ahmad Mallah and Rebecca Lillich // Krüger, exploring the physical and emotional cost of rebuilding after destruction. Using a combination of live performance, a pile of bricks and a two screen video installation, the project examines how bricks serve as both barriers and building blocks—simultaneous symbols of oppression and hope.
This current work is a first task in an ongoing series of exercises exploring the definition of a brick.
Similar to the duo’s first project The Ladder (2023,) the series will evolve through various tasks researching and deciphering the symbolic object in front of them.
In task 1, the duo sit and build a wall through their bodies, both an act of agency and caging as they become part of what holds them. The wall will be both a barrier and a canvas—symbolizing borders, restrictions, and the structures we build to protect ourselves, yet also a site for resilience and transformation.
Supported by AFK, Mondriaan Fonds, Stichting Triplets, ZID Theater
Film stills from the performance "The Price of Bricks- task 1" at Big Art, captured by Jesse Immanuel Bom
Performance duration: 30 minutes
Film stills from video installation by Jesse Immanuel Bom.
Shot at ZID Theater, 2024.
Two screens video installation, Premiered at Big Art
Duo artists: Ahmad Mallah & Rebecca Lillich/Krüger
Loop: 18 minutes
Filmed and edited by: Jesse Immanuel Bom
Lighting: Kees Willems
The Price of Bricks- task 1 performed at the opening of Boujloud Beats! for No Limits! Art Castle/ Sexyland World.
Images by Liane Paldi.