Dates:
22 Jan 2009 - 23 Jan 2009
People:
Anas Al-Shaikh, Nafas Art, Oreet Ashery, Negar Azimi, Mourid Barghouti, Yto Barrada, Shumon Basar, Pat Binder, Stuart Comer, Suzanne Cotter, Catherine David, David Elliott, Derek Gregory, Salah Hassan, Gerhard Haupt, Khalid Khreis, Vasif Kortun, Rahraw Omarzad, Jack Persekian, Khalil Rabah, Michael Rakowitz, Dina Ramadan, Andrew Renton, Zineb Sedira, Suha Shoman, Gilane Tawadros, Christine Tohme, Issa Touma, Eyal Weizman, William Wells.
Location:
Tate, London
This major symposium focusing on contemporary art in the Middle East took place at Tate on 22 and 23 January 2009. The two-day event, which began at Tate Britain and concluded at Tate Modern, brought together artists, curators and writers to discuss recent developments in contemporary art from the Middle East and its diaspora.
With a mix of keynote talks by Derek Gregory (professor of geography, University of British Colombia, Vancouver), Mourid Barghouti (poet and author, I Saw Ramallah), Salah Hassan (professor, Art History, Cornell University) and Shumon Basar (curator, architect and author of Cities from Zero) the symposium comprises five sessions:
1. Defining the Middle East
2. Writing and Translation
3. Art Now – Recent Exhibitions
4. Tradition and Modernity
5. The Politics of Space
The event examined how we define the Middle East, how the interpretation of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East affects its understanding at home and abroad, how ideas about tradition and modernity have emerged and what the impact of new and emerging spaces for modern and contemporary art in different parts of the region will be.
The symposium was organised by Tate and ICF in association with NAFAS online magazine, as part of the World Collections Programme, a collaborative initiative between six UK organisations which aimed to develop greater access to their collections and expertise by building partnerships with organisations in Asia and Africa.
People:
Anas Al-Shaikh, Nafas Art, Oreet Ashery, Negar Azimi, Mourid Barghouti, Yto Barrada, Shumon Basar, Pat Binder, Stuart Comer, Suzanne Cotter, Catherine David, David Elliott, Derek Gregory, Salah Hassan, Gerhard Haupt, Khalid Khreis, Vasif Kortun, Rahraw Omarzad, Jack Persekian, Khalil Rabah, Michael Rakowitz, Dina Ramadan, Andrew Renton, Zineb Sedira, Suha Shoman, Gilane Tawadros, Christine Tohme, Issa Touma, Eyal Weizman, William Wells.
This major symposium focusing on contemporary art in the Middle East took place at Tate on 22 and 23 January 2009. The two-day event, which began at Tate Britain and concluded at Tate Modern, brought together artists, curators and writers to discuss recent developments in contemporary art from the Middle East and its diaspora.
With a mix of keynote talks by Derek Gregory (professor of geography, University of British Colombia, Vancouver), Mourid Barghouti (poet and author, I Saw Ramallah), Salah Hassan (professor, Art History, Cornell University) and Shumon Basar (curator, architect and author of Cities from Zero) the symposium comprises five sessions:
1. Defining the Middle East
2. Writing and Translation
3. Art Now – Recent Exhibitions
4. Tradition and Modernity
5. The Politics of Space
The event examined how we define the Middle East, how the interpretation of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East affects its understanding at home and abroad, how ideas about tradition and modernity have emerged and what the impact of new and emerging spaces for modern and contemporary art in different parts of the region will be.
The symposium was organised by Tate and ICF in association with NAFAS online magazine, as part of the World Collections Programme, a collaborative initiative between six UK organisations which aimed to develop greater access to their collections and expertise by building partnerships with organisations in Asia and Africa.
Dates:
22 Jan 2009 - 23 Jan 2009
Location:
Tate, London
