Platform for discussion 008
How do we productively map the historical and contemporary relationships that exist between North Africa, the Middle East and the Global South?
Essays
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The Shadow Economies of Being Seen30 April 2015
Determining the Axis of the Global South and Middle East
Timothy P.A. Cooper
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Aesthetics of Migration22 January 2015
Street Art in the Mediterranean Border Zones
Nahrain Al-Mousawi
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The Global South6 November 2014
Conflicting Narratives and the Invention of Geographies
Fernando Resende
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The Geopolitics of Contemporary Art6 November 2014
Nikos Papastergiadis and Gerardo Mosquera
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The North of the South and the West of the East6 November 2014
A Provocation to the Question
Walter D. Mignolo
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Between Iran and Dubai6 November 2014
An Art Collection as an Alternative Archive of Iranian History
Shiva Balaghi
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Tracing Dissent at the Margins of Empire6 November 2014
Pan-Kaffirism in Iraq, South Africa, and Sri Lanka
Ahmad Makia and Rahel Aima
Interviews
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A Century of Centuries30 April 2015
November Paynter and Didem Pekün in conversation with Basak Senova
Başak Şenova
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A Cartography of Events30 April 2015
Vangelis Vlahos in conversation with Stephanie Bailey
Stephanie Bailey
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From Central Asia to the Caucasus31 March 2015
Leeza Ahmady in conversation with Taus Makhacheva
Leeza Ahmady
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Global Art Forum 911 March 2015
Sheyma Buali in conversation with Turi Munthe and Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
Sheyma Buali
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Mirrors for Princes11 March 2015
Anthony Downey and Beatrix Ruf in conversation with Slavs and Tatars
Anthony Downey and Beatrix Ruf
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No Boundaries26 February 2015
Aikaterini Gegisian in conversation with Stephanie Bailey
Stephanie Bailey
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Alternate Geographies26 February 2015
Sumesh Sharma in conversation with Amanprit Sandhu
Amanprit Sandhu
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Art After Identity Politics17 December 2014
Nav Haq in conversation with Stephanie Bailey
Stephanie Bailey
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Forensic Transgressions6 November 2014
Maryam Monalisa Gharavi in conversation with Mirene Arsanios
Mirene Arsanios
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When Energy Becomes Form6 November 2014
Stefano Rabolli Pansera in conversation with Stephanie Bailey
Stephanie Bailey
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Projects
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The Elounda Summit
(The Differences Between The Parts Are The Subject of The Composition)
Vangelis Vlahos
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Responses
This research-based response marks the beginning of a collaborative project undertaken by Clare Davies and Nida Ghouse that considers histories of artistic production in relation to the concept of metanoia.
Instead of focusing on the location of the 'MENA' in the context of the Global South, I will speak from the perspective of how such a location is of relevance to South Asia (which will be excusable, I hope, since 'MENA' is often compounded with 'SA' to form MENASA in the global political idiom).
The Cultural Centre of the Philippines opened to great political fanfare on 10 September 1969, with a ceremony that was graced by none less than California Governor Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy acting on the orders of President Nixon.
In a recent video work, Mouthfeel (2014) and a related lecture-performance titled Playlist (2014), I focused on symmetries between forms of aspirational consumption in the Global South.
Embroiderers of Actuality is an action that aims to be a sensible provocation: a visual discussion about the position of women in the society.
The term 'Global South' is quite new to me – but since my practice is concerned with the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and the impact colonialism has on today's power structures I find it obvious that the concept of the 'Global South' is of great relevance in my work.
The group of paintings is inspired by 'momentary images' or more accurately frozen moments taken from the contemporary cityscape of Egypt, as well as from personal records; old photographs found in family albums.
In the years that followed the destruction of the Berlin Wall, which triggered the rise of post-colonial studies, the definition of the term 'the Global South' has changed dramatically.
Strategic though it may be, the binary of 'South' and 'North' is no less reductive than the stale binaries of yore: of 'East' and 'West', communist and capitalist, aesthetics and politics, the list goes on.
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A platform is a space for speaking in public. It is an opportunity to express ideas and thoughts. It also suggests the formal declaration of a stance or position on any given subject.
Unique to Ibraaz is a 'platform', a question put to writers, thinkers and artists about an issue relevant to the MENA region. This platform is sent to respondents both within and beyond the MENA region and contributions will be archived every 12 months.