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Mar'a'yeh 2025 – ENTROPY | Muslim–Jewish Art

Since 2024 LABA Berlin has partnered with the Deutsche Islam Akademie (DIA) for its groundbreaking Muslim-Jewish art residency program: Mar‘a’yeh. Marayeh (مرايه) the Levantine Arabic word for mirror harbors within it the Hebrew word with the same meaning: Mar’a (מַראָה). Together they form an infinity mirror; the words are inseparable, yet their connection is invisible to undiscerning eyes. Mar‘a’yeh perceives art as a mirror reflecting the multifaceted essence of society without simplifications, dissections and categorizations. Our Marayeh, Mar’a on the wall does not tickle our vanity. Rather, it reflects our flaws and beauty while unveiling the complexities and predicaments of human experience. Mar‘a’yeh aims to challenge perceptions of Jewishness and Muslimness in German society, spark dialogue, and ultimately foster empathy. In keeping with LABA's tradition, an annual theme provides a focus for study, discussion and creation. The 2025 theme is ENTROPY. Entropy measures the freedom of atoms in a substance to spread, move and arrange themselves in random ways. Translated from the realm of thermodynamics to the social sphere, entropy represents an ever-increasing tendency towards disorder and complexity. It is a reminder that order is fleeting, while chaos is the natural state of life. As social beings, we face the Sisyphean task of restoring a semblance of order to give meaning to our lives in the name of civilisation, or embracing chaos in a yearning for salvation from constant change. This year's Mar'a'yeh Fellows explore entropy – as displacement and resilience – in Jewish and Islamic canons and lived experiences of migration, political upheaval and cultural transformation.