A prolific artist and scholar, Yara Mekawei creates sonic bricolages that draw inspiration from the dynamic flow of urban centres and the key infrastructure of cities. Interested in the philosophy of architecture, social history and philosophical literature, Mekawei implemented the optical transaction from the musical conversation and transferred the sound waves to visual forms. Her work is based on sound as an essential tool of vision; a philosophy of composition shaped by sophisticated practices that convey messages of the conceptual dimension to the public. Mekawei’s is a research based practice humbly proposed in history, intimately connecting the ideology of the mythic past to the developed technology of the eternal present. In her concepts, she draws on research literature specialising in the social philosophies. Her work reveals an intangible aspect of her cultural identity and being feminine in an East African society.