The installation is a multi-dimensional creation, a collective memory for those who were prosecuted, lost their freedom or lives in communist dictatorship prisons and camps.

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Alketa stated: ”The title of the installation derives from a proverb used by Albanians during the years of communist rule in Albania. The meaning was clear - don’t speak out, don’t even voice the truth. You never know when an agent of the state or an informer is listening. My project is a public engagement art piece, which seeks to promote freedom of speech throughout Albania, as a means of beginning a larger dialogue about a period that remains strangely understated and not much talked about”.

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Survivors, their families, youths, students, representatives of diplomatic corps, public and non-governmental institutions of art, culture and media poured in the main squares of these cities to attend the installation and watch once-forbidden quotes of those who suffered from the communist regime in Albania displayed prominently in the most public arenas.

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Even Walls Have Ears culminates with the artistic installation and follows with a collection of personal stories of survivors of dictatorship or their families. Ms. Gentiana Sula, Head of the Authority on Access to Information on the Former State Security Service (the Authority) states that: “Through art, the project aims to familiarize and raise awareness among young people, communities and the public, with the legacy of the past".

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The quotes that describe the human tragedy caused by communist dictatorship crimes are extracted from manuscripts, records, personal archives of detained or exiled individuals and the testimonies of survivors.
 

The projection of the installation was supported by the European Union Delegation in Albania, U.S Embassy in Albania and Municipality of Tirana.

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