Dahaleez Collective Wins 2025 OTO Award x Dar Jacir Palestinian Art Prize for Sonic Archive Project
The Dahaleez Collective from Gaza has won the 2025 OTO Award x Dar Jacir Palestinian Art Prize, the first-ever award aimed at sound and listening in Palestinian art. This annual prize is designed to spotlight innovative sound art that shares Palestinian stories with a wider audience. A selection committee, including Emily Jacir, Nicolas Jaar, Dirar Kalash, and the OTO Sound Museum founders, picked the collective via an open call. Their project aims to create an archive centered on themes of memory and erasure. The winners receive 2000 Swiss Francs (approximately USD 2500), a digital exhibition at the OTO Sound Museum, mentorship, and residency opportunities at Dar Jacir, plus support for Gaza artists through the Hassala project.
Key facts
- The Dahaleez Collective won the OTO Award x Dar Jacir Palestinian Art Prize 2025.
- This is the first Palestinian art prize focused on sound and listening art.
- The prize aims to promote and diffuse Palestinian voices worldwide.
- Recipients receive 2000 Swiss Francs (roughly USD 2500), a digital exhibition, and mentorship.
- Palestinian-based awardees get a residency opportunity at Dar Jacir.
- The jury included Emily Jacir, Nicolas Jaar, Dirar Kalash, Francesca Ceccherini, Francesca Brusa, and Chloé Dall’Olio.
- The Dahaleez Collective is based in Gaza and contributes to the Hassala relief project.
- OTO Sound Museum was founded in 2020 by the curatorial collective Zaira Oram.
Entities
Artists
- Emily Jacir
- Nicolas Jaar
- Dirar Kalash
- Francesca Ceccherini
- Francesca Brusa
- Chloé Dall’Olio
- Camille Regli
- Elisa Bernardoni
Institutions
- Dahaleez Collective
- Dar Jacir for Art and Research
- Dar Jacir Sound Studio
- OTO Sound Museum
- Artists Together
- A. M. Qattan Foundation
- Zaira Oram
Locations
- Gaza
- Palestine
- Switzerland