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Photo Pavilion
Undertow
The exhibition is dedicated to photography and the moving image in the Arab world, and seeks to explore the Mediterranean in the context of migration and exile, highlighting the work of emerging photographers from the region.
Undertow
The pavilion includes works by contemporary visual artists and documentary photographers, to illustrate a current socio-political reality and address the issue of hospitality and the tensions in host-host relations arising from this migratory route.
Through the mediums of photography and video, the pavilion addresses the issue of hospitality and the tensions in host-host relations arising from this migratory route.
The exhibition features works by some fifteen artists: Majd Abdel Hamid, Mounira Al Solh, Younes Ben Slimane, Catherine Cattaruzza, Imane Djamil, Badr El Hammami, Sirine Fattouh, Forensic Oceanography, Nabila Halim, Hiwa K., Bouchra Khalili, Sara Kontar, Randa Maroufi, Valentin Noujaïm, Sara Sadik, Firas Shehade, Nida Sinnokrot, Rania Stephan, Lara Tabet, Akram Zaatari.
Theseartists were selected by TAP (Temporary Art Platform) at the instigation of Amanda Abi Khalil and Danielle Makhoul, in partnership with ADPP (Arab Documentary Photography Programme), AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts and Culture), the Prince Claus Fund foundation and MAGNUM.
Finally, at each stopover, carte blanche is given to a local NGO involved in migration issues.
Catherine Cattaruzza, I Can't Recall the Edges, 2016 - 2019
Marssares
Abdullah Al Meslemani
The exhibition curators
Amanda Abi Khalil is an independent curator who resides between Beirut, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro. Her curatorial projects focus on socially engaged artistic practices. She is the founder of TAP (Temporary Art Platform), a non-profit organization that envisions an alternative possible world by fostering social change through contemporary art.
Danielle Makhoul is an architect and independent curator based in London. She collaborates with architects,designers, curators and artists on the conception, development and execution ofmultidisciplinary projects, with an increased focus on cultural initiatives andpublications.
