In her work, Layla investigates how personal stories can translate into universal, shared experiences. With a deep-rooted fascination for textiles and rituals, the red ribbon is a recurring element in her practice. This material, which both connects and limits, runs like a common thread through her artistic trajectory.

In 2025, she will delve further into the connecting power of this material with Navelband, an experimental artistic investigation into the relationship between the individual and the collective. How can we connect without losing our own identity? Can a simple object like a ribbon bridge people, space and memory?

Within Navelband, she works intuitively and multidisciplinarily – visually, performatively and interactively. Individually and with various groups, she explores how ribbons can be used as scenographic and game material to create new forms of connection. This research takes place in different contexts: from the black box to public space and nature.