Los Angeles, after dark. Under the neon glow of service stations, the colourful flashes of blinking signage, or the gleam of distant fireworks, young men and women voice memories of a faraway city – Tehran – in a foreign language, as if possessed by the spirit of exiled Iranians. Their...

In Brussels, a Palestinian, a Dagestani, an Icelander and a Frenchwoman engage in various performances based on age-old stories – particularly Christian ones – whose imagery has permeated Western culture. These borrowed words and gestures give rise to personal accounts of each person’s relationship to their native environment and culture,...