A Path Carved by My Returning - Art Exhibition by Ilham Alshahab

In A Path Carved By My Returning, Ilham Alshahab invites viewers to slow down and reconsider the act of looking, how repeated encounters with the familiar and mundane can shift in perception, allowing what was once passed by to come into view through time and attention.

Drawing from her experience of returning and repeating her cycling route in her neighbourhood, the work traces her shift from restlessness to attention. Small moments that once lingered in the edges of her vision begin to take precedence, moving from the periphery to the centre.

A path is slowly carved through the accumulation of her visits to the periphery. Where looking again and again allows the ordinary to unfold into something expansive.

This body of work will be on display at The Dia Space from 1 May 2026 till 31 July 2026.

Dalam pameran In A Path Carved By My Returning, Ilham Alshahab menjemput pengunjung untuk berhenti seketika dan meneliti semula cara kita memandang dan bagaimana hal-hal seharian yang lazim dan membosankan berubah mengikut sudut pandang berbeza, lantas membenarkan apa yang dilihat sepintas lalu kini diberikan masa dan perhatian lanjut.

Berdasarkan pengalaman beliau pergi dan pulang mengikut laluan basikal di kawasan kejiranannya, karya pameran ini menelusuri peralihan kegelisahan beliau bertukar menjadi perhatian. Detik kecil yang sebelum ini hanya singgah di pinggir pandangan mula menjadi keutamaan. Apa yang dahulu berada di sisi, kini berada di tengah.

Sebuah haluan perlahan-lahan terbentuk melalui himpunan lawatan beliau menelusuri pemandangan sisi tersebut. Di sini, pandangan kali kedua dan ketiga membenarkan sesuatu yang biasa menjadi perkara besar.

Karya ini akan berpameran di The Dia Space bermula 1 Mei 2026 sehingga 31 Julai 2026.