It’s Your Head That Bleeds unfolds as both a printed book and sound installation, born from the first phase of  the artist, Georgia Mulholland’s, residency with Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem, Palestine.  In late 2024, Georgia engaged in a series of intimate interviews with her Palestinian friends in the West Bank, asking them to speak on their experiences in a moment defined by the ongoing echoes of 13 months of genocide.

The voices within the project are not just stories; they are living expressions of resilience, fear, hope and guilt — directly transcribed from those conversations. This work is an attempt to carry their voices across borders.

The sound installation, which plays on a continuous loop throughout the space, intertwines excerpts of the interviews with field recordings captured in the West Bank. The composition is punctuated by the omnipresent sounds of warplanes, sirens, and prayers. In contrast, the lively sounds of children playing, a family singing after a day of olive harvesting, and the soulful tones of traditional Levantine instruments also emerge. 

All photographs  were  captured  by  Georgia  Mulholland in the West Bank in late 2024, across Bethlehem, Hebron (Al-Khalil), Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Ramallah, Battir, Aida and Dheisheh Refugee Camps, and Mar Saba.

The book component of this project was created in close collaboration with Bara’a Alaraj, Samar Abedrabo and Jeriah Lau.