Time / Tiden — Areej Almansory

Black-and-white photograph: a lone figure wrapped in a long black cloak stands on a pebble shore facing a calm sea, with a cargo ship on the horizon under an overcast sky.

Two mounted photographic works on a gallery wall: one shows a woman in a dark veil, the other shows the same woman standing behind a child wrapped in a blue and yellow Swedish flag, her hands on the child's shoulders. A visitor looks on from the left.

Installation view: five panoramic photographs of a cloaked figure by the sea are clipped in a row along a dark painted band running across two gallery walls, with an open guest book and newspapers on a table in the foreground.

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Time / Tiden is a photographic and conceptual work that explores how identity, racism, and belonging are experienced across generations. Created together with the artist’s son, the work reflects on how social structures and exclusion shape the lives of second-generation immigrants in Sweden.

By placing time as both a personal and political dimension, the work addresses how lived experiences are inherited, repeated, and transformed. Time / Tiden connects the intimate relationship between parent and child with broader questions of visibility, representation, and belonging.