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Ibraaz Reader 009/01

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009_00 / 16 July 2015

Following the launch of Platform 009 in May, a yearlong research project into the genealogies of performance art in North Africa and the Middle East, Ibraaz has published essays, interviews, projects and videos. We also produced two online publications for exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery and Delfina Foundation, and released a number of Platform 009 Responses by Hassan Darsi, Nezaket Ekici, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Joe Namy, Farah Khelil, Adel Abidin and Timo & Nadia Kaabi-Linke, which we present here.

Ibraaz also conducted a number of interviews during JAOU, a conference organized by Ibraaz at the Bardo Museum in Tunis in May. Titled Visual Culture in an Age of Global Conflict, this conference attracted a roster of international speakers. We include responses to the event here from Tania El Khoury, Hiwa K, Rita Alaoui, Adel Abidin, Omaïma Manai, Ghazi Gherairi, Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, Kamel Lazaar, Antonia Carver, Mouncef Dhouib, and the event's chairperson Anthony Downey.

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Hassan Darsi

For Ibraaz Platform 009, Hassan Darsi presents a photo essay.

Nezakat Ekici

'To avoid misunderstanding, I write from the perspective of Turkey, because I can't really speak for North Africa nor for the Middle East in general...'

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

'Do not pollute others' hearing with shameful sounds...'

Joe Namy

'A few notes on the difference between performance art and mayonnaise...'

Farah Khelil

'Mixed Media I (2009) is a list of 50 pages of technical descriptions of contemporary art pieces. The list, made up of automatic extractions of data about techniques used in contemporary art practices, is a multi-format, translatable database...'

Adel Abidin

Adel Abidin presents Subway Scene (2015).

Timo and Nadia Kaabi-Linke

"The following considerations on performance as an artistic medium in the region of North Africa and Middle East refer to more general problems that relate to the art form's status as an institutionalized aesthetic practice..."

Jaou Tunis 2015

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The third iteration of JAOU took place at the National Museum of Bardo in Tunis from 28–29 of May, 2015. Artists, curators, academics, lawyers and diplomats discussed 'Visual Culture in an Age of Conflict'. Panel themes included the future of art institutions, artistic practices, international relations in the Middle East, and Platform 009's focus: performance art across the region.

Live artist Tania El Khoury talks about the correlation between the uprisings, being in Tunisia and her work.

Jaou Tunis 2015

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Artist Rita Alaoui discusses the need to create a third space for art production.

Artist Hiwa K. highlights the perseverance of culture in times of difficulty through his own work, and by being at JAOU.

Jaou Tunis 2015

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Artist Adel Abidin describes work he created especially for the exhibition All the World is a Mosque, and the importance of it being in Tunisia.

Choreographer Omaïma Manai describes the landscape of dance in Tunisia and its relationship to other arts.

Jaou Tunis 2015

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Lawyer Ghazi Gherairi discusses the vital role of art as irreverence in a time of political change.

Here, Kamel Lazaar, founder of the Kamel Lazaar Foundation, talks about the overall aims of JAOU and the Foundation as a whole.

Jaou Tunis 2015

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Writer Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi explains why it was important for him to attend JAOU and to be in Tunis's Bardo Museum.

In this interview, Antonia Carver, Director of Art Dubai, addresses the importance of thinking of futures of art institutions in the region.

Jaou Tunis 2015

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Ibraaz Editor-in-Chief, Anthony Downey, wraps up JAOU Tunis 2015 and the two major Ibraaz projects launched there.

Theatre- and film maker Mouncef Dhouib discusses the state of cultural spaces in Tunisia today.

A Prologue to the Past and Present State of Things

Online exhibition catalogue

The exhibition A Prologue to the Past and Present State of Things, which runs from 2 July to 15 August 2015 at Delfina Foundation, London, launches Staging Histories, Delfina Foundation's new research and commissioning platform for performance art.

Echoes & Reverberations

Online exhibition catalogue

Echoes & Reverberations explores sound as a medium of culture and history through the work of six contemporary artists, largely based in the Arab region.

In July, Ibraaz will be publishing interviews with Rasha Salti & Khristine Khouri and Hiwa K, essays by Nahrain Al-Mousawi and Todd Reisz, projects by Samah Hijawi, and Joe Namy, as well as reviews and reports from Beirut, Sharjah, Thessaloniki and Venice. In September, we will publish essays by Doa Aly and Sondos Shabayek, interviews with Yazan Khalili & Lara Khaldi, Reza Aramesh and Oreet Ashery, alongside projects by Seth Ayyaz, Fayçal Baghriche, Hasan Hujairi, and Hassan Khan.

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