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Maajooneh: Stop-Motion on Syria

Amer AlBarzawi
010 / 17 August 2017

In this collection, artist Amer AlBarzawi presents two films made by Maajooneh, the collective he founded in 2015. Both films address issues relating to the Syrian conflict, from where AlBarzawi was displaced. This collection is presented here in both English and Arabic, with a foreword by the artist.

Maajooneh: Stop-Motion on Syria

Though I Know the River is Dry

Omar Robert Hamilton
010 / 23 July 2017

'He has returned to Palestine. On the fraught road through the country he relives the choice that sent him to America and the forces of history now driving him home.' Though I Know the River is Dry is the latest short film from director Omar Robert Hamilton.

Though I Know the River is Dry

Planetary Records: Performing Justice Between Art and Law

Various authors
010 / 4 July 2017

Between March 11–12, 2017, Contour Biennale 8 / DAI Roaming Assembly #12 hosted a series of public events titled 'Planetary Records: Performing Justice Between Art and Law'. Curated by Natasha Ginwala and Rachel O'Reilly, the two-day programme examined the artist's role in challenging normative legal foundations and tracing the collectively witnessed dimensions of present day struggles. According to the curators, '[w]hen artists engage procedures of witnessing, testimonial production and the performativity of the trial, allegories of justice and modes of theatricality surface to haunt the past and present. These spectral zones must constantly be inspected and contested, just as ghosts must be evoked in order to deal with their unfinished legacy.'

Planetary Records: Performing Justice Between Art and Law