Khawla Abu Saleh
Dance of Horizons, presentation view

Dance of Horizons

Interactive kinetic installation — SIKKA Art & Design Fair, Dubai — 2025

Dance of Horizons examines how human presence alters the experience of time. Housed within a minimal, hourglass-inspired structure, a rotating sun-and-moon mechanism responds to viewer proximity: when a viewer is present, the movement slows; when the viewer leaves, it accelerates. The sensors, motors, and control systems remain concealed — the work reads first as sculpture, then as interaction. Presence becomes an active force: the viewer does not simply observe the system; their body changes its rhythm.

Developed through the Reality Art + Tech Collaborative Program (Dubai Culture, 2024–2025).

Installation documentation — SIKKA Art & Design Fair 2025
Mechanism in motion — detail
Dance of Horizons, rotation state
Installation view — rotation state
Dance of Horizons, rotation state
Installation view — rotation state
Dance of Horizons, rotation state
Installation view — rotation state
Dance of Horizons, installation view, SIKKA 2025
Installation view — SIKKA Art & Design Fair 2025