SB15 tour: Al Mureijah Square
Photos and information of artworks at Al Mureijah Square. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.
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The Circle. 2023
Synchronised 2-channel video projection; 16mm films transferred to video, shown on cubic monitors; and blueback poster paper
Co-commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation; MACBA, Barcelona; and Luma Foundation, Zurich
Reflecting on the concept of civic belonging, Bouchra Khalili examines the struggle of communities and immigrants for equal rights and the ways in which it continues to resonate in present times. The Circle (2023), a mixed media installation, investigates the legacy of the Movement of Arab Workers (MTA) and its theatre groups, Al Assifa and Al Halaka, active in the south of France between 1973 and 1978. Moving between activism, theatrical practices and film and new media archeology, The Circle unfolds the multi-layered events that led to the candidacy of Djelalli Kamal, a pseudonym for an anonymous member of Al Assifa, whose candidacy in the 1974 French presidential election was conceived as a public performance dramatising the denial of civic rights to migrants and projecting a sense of self-agency.
(Text at the exhibition. © Sharjah Art Foundation)
Venue: Gallery 4
Bouchra Khalili is one of the three winners of the Sharjah Biennial 15 Prize.
© Stills: Bouchra Khalili
Repros: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Photos and information of artworks at Al Mureijah Square. SB15, 7 February - 11 June 2023. Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi, based on a concept by Okwui Enwezor.