Nasma Alshutfa: I am Grateful (?!)

Nasma Alshutfa

I am Grateful (?!)
A place to share.
A moment to understand.

30 May – 20 June 2026

Meet-up: Saturday 30 May 17:00 hrs.

Join us for the start of I am Grateful (?!)

Imagine a space where time stands still—not for minutes, but for months or years. A space where stories remain unheard, and where waiting becomes a way of life.

I am Grateful (?!)  is an installation born from these lived experiences of life as a refugee or asylum seeker in the Netherlands. Developed through close co-creation, it brings together miniature worlds, collected testimonies, and deeply personal fragments of life in transit.

This work invites you to enter the space—not as a distant observer, but as someone willing to pause, to witness, and to ask. A space composed of rooms—rooms of waiting, of paper, of memory, and of emotion.

We invite you to cross visible and invisible borders and to listen closely to stories that are rarely seen, yet are all around us.

Exhibition Period
30 May – 20 June
Throughout three weeks, the installation will continue to grow. Visitors, community members, and people with lived experience are invited to contribute reflections, responses, and fragments. These contributions will slowly transform the space, making the installation a living archive of shared witnessing.

Workshop / Roundtable
12 June
A gathering that brings together: policymakers, support organizations, the community of Groningen and people with lived experience. Together, we reflect personally and collectively, and explore how these reflections can translate into meaningful action.

Decolonial Dialogues
Date: to be confirmed
A separate session within the broader program of I am Grateful (?!).
This meeting will open space for deeper conversations around decoloniality, care, and responsibility.

Finissage
18-20 June
On the last days, we invite you to return and witness how the installation has grown. What began as a set of rooms will have expanded through community input, lived experience, and shared reflection. The finissage offers a moment to gather, look back, and consider what has shifted.