HOASH GALLERY - JERUSALEM
UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2009
The Other Shadow of the City is an international visual arts
exhibition programme that draws inspiration from the city of
Jerusalem and its changing urban structure. The exhibition takes the
viewer to places outside the spiritual and holy Old City to urban
locations that, despite their importance in shaping the contemporary
urban city, have been rarely referenced or addressed in literature
and art.
The exhibition unravels Jerusalem as an urban structure with all its
physical, social, economic and political complexity, demonstrating
how urban space is divided, conquered, abandoned and occupied again.
The Other Shadow of the City is a result of long term and
comprehensive programme of partnerships between ArtSchool Palestine
and the Palestinian Art Court - al Hoash. It features 26 artworks of
international, Arab and Palestinian contemporary artists working in
painting, sculpture, video, film, installation, text and photography.
The artists set the stage for discussion on a number of themes, such
as mobility, visions of utopia/dystopia, surveillance, history and
memory, gated communities and natural environments.
The exhibition is also a culmination of ArtSchool Palestine's 08/09
residency program organized in cooperation with al Hoash Gallery
where 15 artists from the UK, Germany, Denmark, France, Morocco,
Algeria and Jordan were invited to pursue new projects or research in
locations throughout Palestine.
For The Other Shadow of the City nine artists were invited, these
are: Anna Boggon, Michael Baers, Sarah Beddington, Zoulikha
Bouabdellah, Maj Hasager, Samah Hijawi, Bouchra Khalili Jakob
Jakobsen and Oraib Toukan.
In addition, the exhibition provided an opportunity for Arab and
Palestinian artists, who don't have access to the city of Jerusalem,
to respond to their desires and dreams - testifying that ideas about
cities are not only formed at a conscious level, but are also the
product of unconscious desires. The city as a space becomes both the
material and lived space as well as a site of fantasy and imagination.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events, including
artists' talks and workshops.
Partecipating Artists: Mohammad al Hawajri - Palestine, Jawad Al Malhi - Palestine, Buthayna
Ali - Syria, Rafat Assad - Palestine, Michael Baers - USA, Sarah
Beddington - UK, Rana Bishara - Palestine, Anna Boggon - UK, Zoulikha
Bouabdellah - Algeria/France, Raouf Haj Yihya - Palestine, Rula
Halawani - Palestine, Alexandra Handal - Palestine, Shuruq Harb -
Palestine, Maj Hasager - Denmark, Samah Hijawi - Jordan, Jakob
Jakobsen - Denmark, Bouchra Khalili - Morocco/France, Yazan Khalili -
Palestine, Sliman Mansour - Palestine, Kevork Mourad - Syria, Riyadh
Neama - Iraq, Larissa Sansour - Palestine, Nawras Shalhoub -
Palestine, Oraib Toukan - Jordan, Munir Waked - Palestine, Mohanad
Yaqubi - Palestine
The exhibition will take place in a number of VENUES across
Jerusalem, these are:
Palestinian Art Court - al Hoash
Zaituna Building, 7 Zahra Street -Jerusalem
French Cultural Center
21, Salah Eddin Street - Jerusalem
Palestinian National Theater -Al Hakawati
Nuzha Building, Abu Obaida Street - Jerusalem
Young Women's Christian Association
Ibn Jubayr Street, Sheikh Jarrah - Jerusalem
Jerusalem Hotel
Nablus Road
Exhibition will also be on tour to:
9 Nov 2009 opening at Al Mahatta Gallery - Ramallah,
22 December 2009 opening at Rafia Gallery - Damascus,
London and Paris 2010 dates to be confirmed
http://www.artschoolpalestine.com/
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