tabili & lunar node: a celebration of the west-african diaspora arrow right

Tabili and Lunar Node join forces to celebrate heritage and culture through food and music. It’s well known to all of us that these vehicles—food and music—carry stories, culture, and heritage. Each of us has our own way of relating to them because of this. On this evening, we would like to tell you our own stories through food and sound. Lunar Node has crafted a three-course menu reflecting both their West-African and Caribbean lineages. Expect dishes that are traditional, some hybrids, and others created anew, with flavors born in hall parties, cramped kitchens, sea crossings, and suitcases. Music flows alongside the meal, with sounds of the diaspora carried through live performance and DJ sets —both to be announced— in the same spirit of movement, gathering, and celebration. In short, this gathering invites you to simply eat, listen, and celebrate how we, as the West-African diaspora, continue to nourish, adapt, and resonate across time and space. Be welcome! Seats for the dinner are limited and require reservation through the murmur website. Doors remain open for all who wish to join for drinks and music. A third of the proceeds from her sales in this exhibition will go toward the reconstruction of Sweida National Hospital, which has been rendered inoperable since mid-July 2025. Following violent clashes in southern Syria, the hospital—Sweida’s primary medical facility—has been left without electricity, clean water, fuel, or adequate medical supplies. The refrigeration systems have failed, staff have been forced to evacuate, and treatment for even the most basic emergencies is no longer possible. In a region already fatigued by over a decade of war, this collapse marks a humanitarian emergency. Yara Said is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in the Netherlands. Her practice moves across painting, sound, installation, and text, guided by long-form research and intuitive composition. Working with shifting materials and grounded in feminist thought, she draws on philosophies that value situated knowledge, ephemerality, and the unseen. Her work is shaped by an aesthetic relationship to disappearance, fragility, and impermanence. Her visual worlds emerge through calculated colors, and atmospheres charged with quiet intensity. Writing is central to her process. Each project gathers visual, sonic, and philosophical material into constellations that resist simple narratives and open up spaces for reflection and refusal. Her work has been presented in exhibitions, public spaces, and digital platforms across Europe and the Middle East.