Selebe Yoon is pleased to announce Amira Lamti’s research residency in Dakar in February 2026 for a duration of 4 weeks. This residency is part of Nessij’s second edition of a Cross-research Residency Program for visual artists between Senegal and Tunisia, also in collaboration with La Boîte, Centre d’art et d’architecture, Tunis.

Residency

"In Dakar, I want to explore the practices and gestures associated with Ramadan, particularly Soukeurou Koor, the tradition of offering sugar and food at the end of the fast, which, like all traditions, evolves over time. This ritual, both spiritual and communal, inspires me with the simplicity and power of giving: an act of transmission and sharing.

This residency will be a time for listening, research and experimentation, where something is built slowly and conviviality over the course of a month like Ramadan. I will explore the attention paid to details and ordinary gestures, in which rituals, whether spiritual or secular, nourish our collective memory and our contemporary imaginations."

- Amira Lamti

Biography

Amira Lamti is a Tunisian visual artist whose practice combines photography, video, installation and performance. Her work explores the relationships between the body, memory and heritage, in dialogue with a family history linked to spiritual rituals and popular practices.

A graduate of the Beaux-Arts in Sousse and winner of the ENSP Arles mentoring programme, she has been in residence at La Villette (Paris), Villa Salammbô (Sousse) and El Hangar (Barcelona). Her work has been presented at the Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery, the Jaou Biennale, the Image Festival in Amman, the Abbaye de Jumièges and the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art. She has been selected for the Prix découverte 2026-Fondation Louis Roederer. Born in 1996 in Sousse (Tunisia), Amira Lamti lives and works in Sousse. 

In partnership with NESSIJ and La Boîte, Centre d’art et d’architecture, Tunis.