Banati (بناتي)

A three-screen journey through inherited memory, unspoken stories, and the gaze of generations.

Project Overview:

Banati is a multimedia thesis project that explores intergenerational womanhood through the layered voices of a daughter, a mother, and a grandmother. Rooted in personal heritage and ancestral memory, the project investigates how identity is shaped, inherited, and resisted across time. This paper traces the research, methodologies, and design thinking process behind the work—interweaving user testing, spatial audio experimentation, and narrative iteration. Written in a hybrid format, it is laced with poetry and personal reflection, blurring the line between theory and storytelling. The final installation takes form as a three-channel video installation, with synchronized screens arranged in a triangular formation and spatialized sound. Through gaze, voice, and gesture, each woman confronts her inheritance, making visible the silent legacies passed between generations. Banati reclaims the domestic as a site of resistance and asks what it means to be seen, misremembered, or held—by one’s family, by history, and by oneself.