Fragmentation Museum

Tarek Atoui — The Water Song, Desert X AlUla (2026)

Horn-like instruments emerge from the sand as if partly excavated. In The Water Song (2026), Tarek Atoui makes water and its rhythms a principle of composition; the canyon becomes a listening space rather than a backdrop. The installation redirects attention toward resonances and intervals within the landscape. Presented at Desert X AlUla from 16 January…

A rough, earth-covered horn with a hollow circular mouth emerges from the sand in Tarek Atoui’s The Water Song, Desert X AlUla, 2026.

Tarek Atoui — The Water Song, Desert X AlUla, 2026. Photo: Lance Gerber. Source: Desert X AlUla, press images.

Horn-like instruments emerge from the sand as if partly excavated. In The Water Song (2026), Tarek Atoui makes water and its rhythms a principle of composition; the canyon becomes a listening space rather than a backdrop. The installation redirects attention toward resonances and intervals within the landscape. Presented at Desert X AlUla from 16 January to 28 February 2026, it is documented here by Lance Gerber in a film published by Desert X and the artist on 6 May 2026.