Rooted in the Land brings together a series of tufted tapestries inspired by Samira Boumecid’s experiences working alongside traditional weavers across Algeria. Through close encounters with these artisans, Samira engages with a living heritage shaped by land, memory, and labour. The works draw from traditional Algerian symbols and patterns, which are intentionally distorted, fragmented, and reimagined, allowing familiar forms to shift and evolve.

Coming from a family connected to traditional weaving, Samira approaches this practice both personally and critically. By translating ancestral motifs into contemporary materials, techniques, and visual languages, she explores how cultural knowledge is carried, transformed, or lost over time. The tapestries reflect landscapes not only as physical terrain, but as sites of transmission; where symbols, stories, and identities are rooted yet vulnerable.

This exhibition invites viewers to consider the fragile relationship between craft, land, and cultural survival. Rooted in the Land draws attention to weaving as both a material practice and a symbolic language, highlighting traditions at risk of fading while asserting their continued relevance within contemporary practice.