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Part 4 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.
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External Rotation. 2012
Two-channel colour and black-and-white video projection with sound (12 min)
Mohamed Abdelkarim engages with notions of authorship and representation, camouflage and concealment, exchange and play. His work tackles subjects such as tourism, religion, politics and economics. He has a longstanding interest in the relationship between capitalism, violence and masculinity. In External Rotation, the Qur’anic story of the People of the Cave (known in the Biblical tradition as the Seven Sleepers) is retold through personal events with a political and social dimension, and framed by an interview with someone antagonistic to the artist.
© Stills: Mohamed Abdelkarim
(Repro: Haupt & Binder)
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Part 4 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.