For her SB14 commission, At the Time of the Ebb (2019), Farid traveled a 100 nautical
kilometers from the easternmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula to the Iranian island of Qeshm to
film the annual celebration of Nowruz Sayadeen (in English, Fisherman’s New Year). Such is
the stage for Farid’s film essay, a melancholic meandering through the surviving festival
traditions of an island seemingly cast out of time or, rather, living per a rhythm very much her
own, attuned to ancient seasonal cycles. The work foregrounds a number of local residents,
whose performances draw attention to their customs and traditions, material surroundings and
natural environment, from a brightly decorated domestic interior to an expansive sea view
overlooking the Arabian Gulf.