Contemporary Art in the Middle East: The Politics of Space - London, 2009
http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/podcast/mp3/2009_01_23_Infrastructures_and_Ideas_3.mp3
About the panel:
What will be the impact of new and emerging spaces for seeing and exhibiting modern and contemporary art in different parts of the Middle East? This session looks at the spatial politics of art in the Middle East from major architectural developments in the Gulf such as Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi to more fluid institutional spaces for art such as the Sharjah Biennial and the ‘Home Works’ international forum in Beirut.
Keynote: Shumon Basar
Panel Discussion with Shumon Basar begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Jack Persekian (artistic director, Sharjah Biennial & director, Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art), Wael Shawky (artist), William Wells (director,Townhouse Gallery, Cairo), Oreet Ashery (artist and fellow at Queen Mary University), Suha Shoman (founder, Darat al Funun, Amman), Christine Tohme (curator & founder, Ashkal Alwan.Chaired by Jack Persekian.
About the panel:
What will be the impact of new and emerging spaces for seeing and exhibiting modern and contemporary art in different parts of the Middle East? This session looks at the spatial politics of art in the Middle East from major architectural developments in the Gulf such as Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi to more fluid institutional spaces for art such as the Sharjah Biennial and the ‘Home Works’ international forum in Beirut.
Keynote: Shumon Basar
Panel Discussion with Shumon Basar begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Jack Persekian (artistic director, Sharjah Biennial & director, Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art), Wael Shawky (artist), William Wells (director,Townhouse Gallery, Cairo), Oreet Ashery (artist and fellow at Queen Mary University), Suha Shoman (founder, Darat al Funun, Amman), Christine Tohme (curator & founder, Ashkal Alwan.Chaired by Jack Persekian.
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