Sharjah Biennial 2011
16 Mar - 16 May 2011
Sharjah Biennial 10
Plot for a Biennial
16 March - 16 May 2011
Curators: Suzanne Cotter, Curator & Rasha Salti
Associate Curator: Haig Aivazian.
The curatorial framework for the 10th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, titled Plot for a Biennial draws on the idea of a treatment for film, replete with a plot, characters and motives. It is woven from a constellation of key words and themes that include Treason, Necessity, Insurrection, Affiliation, Corruption, Devotion, Disclosure and Translation. Within this conceptual and lexical framework, artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers and performers constitute a cast of protagonists that include The Traitor, The Collaborator, The Experientialist and The Traducer. We propose Plot for a Biennial as a platform for multiple conversations with a distinctly worldly perspective yet thoroughly engaged with the city of Sharjah, its past and present, and its political economy centred on trade and translation. Artists' contributions come to life in a variety of forms and encounters, encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, etching, cartography, film, performances, publications and lectures. Seminal works by established figures are presented in relation to contemporary artists from over thirty countries across a host of sites and spaces, from the Arts and Heritage areas to the Institute for Theatrical Arts, Hamra Cinema and the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Suzanne Cotter, Rasha Salti and Haig Aivazian
Artists & Participants:
Jumana Emil Abboud
Youssef Abdelké
Ebtisam Abdulaziz
Adel Abidin
Atfal Ahdath
Hala Al-Ani
Abdullah Al Saadi
Ziad Antar
Doug Ashford
Vartan Avakian
Yto Barrada
Judith Barry
Shumon Basar, Eyal Weizman, Jane and Louise Wilson
Bahar Behbahani
Mustapha Benfodil
Alexis Bhagat and Lize Mogel
Anna Boghiguian
Ammar Bouras
Dan Brault
CAMP (Shaina Anandand Ashok Sukumaran)
Guillaume Cassar
Marie-Hélène Cauvin
Jem Cohen with Luc Sante
Ziad Dalloul
Raffie Davtian
Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency
Trisha Donnelly
Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică
Simone Fattal
Mariam Ghani
Ahmed Ghossein
Hans Haacke
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
Ramin Haerizadeh
Rokni Haerizadeh
Gilbert Hage
Khalid Hourani
Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens
Hatem Imam
Alfredo Jaar
Emily Jacir
Amar Kanwar
Aisha Khalid
Bouchra Khalili
Mark Lombardi
Newsreel Archives of Soviet Television
Josephine Meckseper
Shohreh Mehran
Julia Meltzer and David Thorne
Almagul Menlibayeva
Naeem Mohaiemen
Bahman Mohassess
Tom Molloy
Houman Mortazavi
Fateh Moudarres
Jean-Luc Moulène
Rosalind Nashashibi
Melik Ohanian
Imran Qureshi
Walid Raad
Khalil Rabah
Walid Sadek
Hrair Sarkissian
Matt Saunders
Samir Sayegh
Kamran Shirdel
Slavs and Tatars
Rania Stephan
Rayyane Tabet
Jorge Tacla
Jalal Toufic
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raed Yassin
Elias Zayat
Artur Żmijewski
Music & Performance:
Dimi Mint Abba and Amino Belyamani
Alan Bishop and Sam Shalabi
Yusef Lateef and Maalem Abdelkébir Merchane
Noma Omran
Maqamat Dance Theatre (Choreographer Omar Rajeh in collaboration with composer Mahmoud Turkmani and Contralto Fadia Tomb El-Hage)
Film:
Rania Stephan
Akram Zaatari
Commissioned Films:
Karim Ainouz
Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia
Hicham Ayouch
Ali Essafi
Sean Gullette
Bahman Kiarostami
Curated Film Programmes:
Solange Farkas (Film Programme with Jonathas De Andrade, Roberto Bellini, Andrés Denegri, Edgar Endress, Regina José Galindo, Gabriela Golder, Claudia Joskowicz, Cesar Meneghetti and Enrique Ramirez)
Steve Reinke (Film Programme with Barry Doupé, Harrell Fletcher, Antonio José Guzman, Standish Lawder and Erkka Nissinen)
Marcel Schwierin (Film Programme with Jürgen Böttcher, Bjørn Melhus, Bill Meyers and Thomas Werner)
Keith Shiri (Film Programme with Jenna Bass, Daouda Coulibaly, Theo Eshetu, Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda and Teboho Mahlatsi)
What, How and for Whom (WHW) (Film Programme with Zbynek Baladran, Zanny Begg, Milica Tomić, Alexander Ugay, Ante Zaninović and Želimir Žilnik)
Publications:
Başak Ertür
Angela Harutyunyan and Aras Özgun
Maha Maamoun and Haytham El-Wardany
Ashkan Sepahvand with Azin Feizabadi and Sohrab Mohebbi
Murtaza Vali
Omar Berrada and Érik Bullot
Cabinet
Lynn Love and Ann Sappenfield
Plot for a Biennial
16 March - 16 May 2011
Curators: Suzanne Cotter, Curator & Rasha Salti
Associate Curator: Haig Aivazian.
The curatorial framework for the 10th edition of the Sharjah Biennial, titled Plot for a Biennial draws on the idea of a treatment for film, replete with a plot, characters and motives. It is woven from a constellation of key words and themes that include Treason, Necessity, Insurrection, Affiliation, Corruption, Devotion, Disclosure and Translation. Within this conceptual and lexical framework, artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers and performers constitute a cast of protagonists that include The Traitor, The Collaborator, The Experientialist and The Traducer. We propose Plot for a Biennial as a platform for multiple conversations with a distinctly worldly perspective yet thoroughly engaged with the city of Sharjah, its past and present, and its political economy centred on trade and translation. Artists' contributions come to life in a variety of forms and encounters, encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, etching, cartography, film, performances, publications and lectures. Seminal works by established figures are presented in relation to contemporary artists from over thirty countries across a host of sites and spaces, from the Arts and Heritage areas to the Institute for Theatrical Arts, Hamra Cinema and the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Suzanne Cotter, Rasha Salti and Haig Aivazian
Artists & Participants:
Jumana Emil Abboud
Youssef Abdelké
Ebtisam Abdulaziz
Adel Abidin
Atfal Ahdath
Hala Al-Ani
Abdullah Al Saadi
Ziad Antar
Doug Ashford
Vartan Avakian
Yto Barrada
Judith Barry
Shumon Basar, Eyal Weizman, Jane and Louise Wilson
Bahar Behbahani
Mustapha Benfodil
Alexis Bhagat and Lize Mogel
Anna Boghiguian
Ammar Bouras
Dan Brault
CAMP (Shaina Anandand Ashok Sukumaran)
Guillaume Cassar
Marie-Hélène Cauvin
Jem Cohen with Luc Sante
Ziad Dalloul
Raffie Davtian
Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency
Trisha Donnelly
Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică
Simone Fattal
Mariam Ghani
Ahmed Ghossein
Hans Haacke
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
Ramin Haerizadeh
Rokni Haerizadeh
Gilbert Hage
Khalid Hourani
Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens
Hatem Imam
Alfredo Jaar
Emily Jacir
Amar Kanwar
Aisha Khalid
Bouchra Khalili
Mark Lombardi
Newsreel Archives of Soviet Television
Josephine Meckseper
Shohreh Mehran
Julia Meltzer and David Thorne
Almagul Menlibayeva
Naeem Mohaiemen
Bahman Mohassess
Tom Molloy
Houman Mortazavi
Fateh Moudarres
Jean-Luc Moulène
Rosalind Nashashibi
Melik Ohanian
Imran Qureshi
Walid Raad
Khalil Rabah
Walid Sadek
Hrair Sarkissian
Matt Saunders
Samir Sayegh
Kamran Shirdel
Slavs and Tatars
Rania Stephan
Rayyane Tabet
Jorge Tacla
Jalal Toufic
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Raed Yassin
Elias Zayat
Artur Żmijewski
Music & Performance:
Dimi Mint Abba and Amino Belyamani
Alan Bishop and Sam Shalabi
Yusef Lateef and Maalem Abdelkébir Merchane
Noma Omran
Maqamat Dance Theatre (Choreographer Omar Rajeh in collaboration with composer Mahmoud Turkmani and Contralto Fadia Tomb El-Hage)
Film:
Rania Stephan
Akram Zaatari
Commissioned Films:
Karim Ainouz
Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia
Hicham Ayouch
Ali Essafi
Sean Gullette
Bahman Kiarostami
Curated Film Programmes:
Solange Farkas (Film Programme with Jonathas De Andrade, Roberto Bellini, Andrés Denegri, Edgar Endress, Regina José Galindo, Gabriela Golder, Claudia Joskowicz, Cesar Meneghetti and Enrique Ramirez)
Steve Reinke (Film Programme with Barry Doupé, Harrell Fletcher, Antonio José Guzman, Standish Lawder and Erkka Nissinen)
Marcel Schwierin (Film Programme with Jürgen Böttcher, Bjørn Melhus, Bill Meyers and Thomas Werner)
Keith Shiri (Film Programme with Jenna Bass, Daouda Coulibaly, Theo Eshetu, Balufu Bakupa Kanyinda and Teboho Mahlatsi)
What, How and for Whom (WHW) (Film Programme with Zbynek Baladran, Zanny Begg, Milica Tomić, Alexander Ugay, Ante Zaninović and Želimir Žilnik)
Publications:
Başak Ertür
Angela Harutyunyan and Aras Özgun
Maha Maamoun and Haytham El-Wardany
Ashkan Sepahvand with Azin Feizabadi and Sohrab Mohebbi
Murtaza Vali
Omar Berrada and Érik Bullot
Cabinet
Lynn Love and Ann Sappenfield