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artists & participants
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Lawrence Abu Hamdan,
Noor Abuarafeh,
Abbas Akhavan,
Abdullah Al Saadi,
Tamara Al Samerraei,
Shadi Habib Allah,
Allora & Calzadilla,
Maria Thereza Alves,
Kader Attia,
Tonico Lemos Auad,
Ismail Bahri,
Sarnath Banerjee,
Yto Barrada,
Diann Bauer,
Fatma Belkis Isik,
Abdelkader Benchamma,
Ursula Biemann,
Dineo Seshee Bopape,
Boulbina ,
Mariana Castillo Deball,
Eric Chen,
Jonathas de Andrade,
Roy Dib,
Vikram Divecha,
Baris Dogrusöz,
Koo Donghee,
Keller Easterling,
Mandy El-Sayegh,
Inci Eviner,
Emkal Eyongakpa,
Future Farmers,
Harun Farocki,
Fehras Publishing Practices,
Futurefarmers,
Daniele Genadry,
Felice Grodin,
Deniz Gul,
Taloi Havini,
Charles Heller,
Aliocha Imhoff,
Takashi Ishida,
Iman Issa,
Lamia Joreige,
Elite Kedan,
Christoph Keller,
Samir Khaddaj,
Mahmoud Khaled,
Nesrine Khodr,
Seloua Luste,
Patricia M. Hernandez,
Basim Magdy,
Metahaven,
Hind Mezaina,
Mochu ,
Oscar Murillo,
Joe Namy,
Uriel Orlow,
Iz Öztat,
Christodoulos Panayiotou,
Lorenzo Pezzani,
Kantuta Quiros,
Khalil Rabah,
Jon Rafman,
Raqs Media Collective,
Stephanie Saade,
Natascha Sadr Haghighian,
Ghassan Salhab,
Roy Samaha,
Massinissa Selmani,
Ashkan Sepahvand,
Setareh Shahbazi,
Nida Sinnokrot,
Walid Siti,
Monika Sosnowska,
Hito Steyerl,
Zhou Tao,
Paulo Tavares,
Yasmine Terki,
The Otolith Group,
Mario Garcia Torres,
Jorinde Voigt,
James Webb,
James Webb,
Karine Wehbe,
Rain Wu,
Paola Yacoub,
Fathi Zamroud
curator
press release
The Opening Week Programme takes place from 10 - 14 March, and includes the annual March Meeting, performances, film screenings and talks.
Curated by Christine Tohme, Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj unfolds in five parts from October 2016 through October 2017. Featuring over fifty international artists, the biennial encompasses exhibitions and a public programme in two acts in Sharjah and Beirut; a year-long education programme in Sharjah; projects in Dakar, Ramallah, Istanbul and Beirut; and an online publishing platform.
Tamawuj, a noun in Arabic which is defined as a rising and falling in waves, but also a flowing, swelling, surging, fluctuation or a wavy undulating appearance outline or form, is reflective of SB13’s aims to cultivate collaborations, infrastructures and strategies within Sharjah and the project localities. The Biennial poses questions around, and proposes answers to the conditions for the possibility of an art world. In a region currently being invested with larger institutions and lesser infrastructures, SB13 will cross from the ideal to the material. Vital interventions will stretch the idea of the biennial in order to traverse rooted contexts, harnessing the agility and fragility of present informal networks.
The five parts of SB13 are an online depository of research material, four projects curated by four Interlocutors outside of the UAE, a year-long education programme in Sharjah, a year-long online publishing platform and a public programme in two parts: Act I, the biennial exhibition and programme in Sharjah from March to June 2017, and Act II, the culmination of SB13 taking place in Beirut in October 2017.
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Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) is pleased to announce the list of over 60 artists participating in Act I of the forthcoming Sharjah Biennial 13, Tamawuj (SB13):
Noor Abuarafeh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Abbas Akhavan, Tamara Al Samerraei, Allora & Calzadilla, Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Tonico Lemos Auad, Ismaïl Bahri, Sarnath Banerjee, Yto Barrada, Abdelkader Benchamma, Ursula Biemann and Paulo Tavares, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Jonathas de Andrade, Mariana Castillo Deball, Roy Dib, Vikram Divecha, Barış Doğrusöz, Koo Donghee, İnci Eviner, Emkal Eyongakpa, Harun Farocki, Fehras Publishing Practices, Future Farmers, Daniele Genadry, Deniz Gul, Shadi Habib Allah, Taloi Havini, Takashi Ishida, Iz Öztat and Fatma Belkıs Işık, Lamia Joreige, Christoph Keller, Samir Khaddaj, Mahmoud Khaled, Nesrine Khodr, Basim Magdy, Metahaven, Hind Mezaina, Mochu, Oscar Murillo, Joe Namy, Uriel Orlow, The Otolith Group, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Khalil Rabah, Raqs Media Collective, Stéphanie Saadé, Abdullah Al Saadi, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Ghassan Salhab, Roy Samaha, Massinissa Selmani, Setareh Shahbazi, Nida Sinnokrot, Walid Siti, Monika Sosnowska, Zhou Tao, Mario García Torres, Jorinde Voigt, James Webb, Rain Wu and Eric Chen, Paola Yacoub, Fathi Zamroud
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About Sharjah Biennial
Sharjah Biennial is organised by Sharjah Art Foundation, which brings a broad range of contemporary art and cultural programmes to the communities of Sharjah, the UAE and the region. Since 1993, Sharjah Biennial has commissioned, produced and presented large-scale public installations, performances, and films, offering artists from the region and beyond an internationally recognised platform for exhibition and experimentation.