Marks of Return unfolds through Reem Hamed’s journeys between Abu Dhabi and her hometown of Dibba. What begins as a routine passage gradually opens into a deeper engagement with the landscape she returns to. In Dibba, the terrain is approached not only as a physical environment, but as a site shaped by time, holding geological presence, traces of past habitation, and layered histories embedded within it.

Through walking, observing, and collecting, Hamed engages with what is often overlooked. Her practice draws on gestures of tracing and documentation, forming a personal archive between preservation and interpretation, echoing an intuitive form of archaeology grounded in presence and attention.