Zelikha Zohra Shoja: In Search of Bluer Tongues

UVP EXHIBITION Everson Community Plaza | 401 Harrison St.July 2–September 12, 2026 | Th-Sat | dusk-11PM In 2021, artist Zelikha Zohra Shoja planned to shoot a new film at the site of her maternal home in Kabul, Afghanistan, but due to the return of the Taliban and ensuing violence, the project could not be realized. In Search of Bluer Tongues reimagines the playful domestic scenes Shoja hoped to play out in Kabul, working instead with members of resettled communities in the city of Syracuse and around New York. The resulting piece is an act of collaborative memory-making and a meditation on the diasporic experience of longing to be in a place that can only be watched from afar.