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The Other Shadow of the City
International Visual Art Exhibition
7-31 October 2009
Jerusalem
Curated by Samar Martha
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The Other Shadow of the City an
international visual art exhibition and a series of activities opening
in Jerusalem on the 7th of October and runs till the 31st of October
2009.
The Other Shadow of the City 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 features newly commissioned works
by 26 international 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 & 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 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, screenings and workshops.
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Participating artists:
Mohammad al Hawajri - Palestine, Jawad Al Malhi - Palestine, Buthayna
Ali - Syria, Rafat Assad - Palestine, Michael Baers - Denmark/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
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Organized by: ArtSchool Palestine and Palestinian Art Court al-Hoash in partnership
with the British Council, International Academy of Arts Palestine, The
French Cultural Centre – Jerusalem and Rafia Gallery – Damascus
Sponsored by: Palestine Investment Fund
Supported by:
A.M. Qattan Foundation, Consulate General of Belgium, Ford Foundation,
Consulate General of Spain - Spanish Cooperation Office, Ministry of
Culture, Jerusalem Arab Capital - Al Quds 2009, Dr. Nabil Qaddumi, Swiss Agency For Development &
Cooperation (SDC), The Representative Office of Denmark and Zina
Jardaneh.
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