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13 March - 13 May 2013
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
President, Director of the Sharjah Art Foundation: Hoor Al Qasimi
Curator: Yuko Hasegawa
List of participants
More than 100 artists and groups
Extensive visual tour
94 participants. 250 photos and several videos with information.
Curator Yuko Hasegawa. Photo: Sharjah Art Foundation
SB11 Curatorial Concept
Inspired by the courtyard in Islamic architecture —in particular the historical courtyards of Sharjah, where elements of both public and private life intertwine— SB11 Curator Yuko Hasegawa proposes a new cultural cartography that reconsiders the relationships between the Arab world, Asia, the Far East, through North Africa to Latin America.
More about the curatorial concept
Participants
More than 100 artists, architects, and musicians have been invited to participate in Sharjah Biennial 11 (SB11), with over one third of them creating new commissions.
List of participants
Film Programme
Curated by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, it features programming by leading figures in the film industry, including Steve Anker, Dean of the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles; Khavn De La Cruz, Poet, Pianist, Filmmaker, Mondomanila, the Philippines; Ali Jaafar, Executive Director, Independent Film Division, Quinta Communications, London; Mehelli Modi, Founder of Second Run DVD, London; Alcino Leite Neto, Editor, São Paulo; Jean-Pierre Rehm, Theorist, Festival director, FIDMarseille, Paris; Tilda Swinton, Scotland; and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Film Director/ Producer, Chiang Mai, Thailand. The programme includes evening screenings in an outdoor cinema in SAF’s new art spaces of commissioned films, existing productions, and curated film programmes.
Music and Performance Programme
International and regional artists will be featured in a series of music and performance events that will take place throughout SB11. As part of this programme, Lebanese sound artist Tarek Atoui will orchestrate a series of new commissions by more than ten international musicians, including percussionists who will perform on the roofscape of SAF's art spaces, and an SB11 commissioned solo performance by Egyptian artist Hassan Khan during the opening week. Later events include a Skype-based dance performance by Tunisian dancer and choreographer duo Selma and Sofiane Ouissi and an audiovisual concert by Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda in April.
Sharjah Art Foundation New Art Spaces
The opening of SB11 marked the inauguration of SAF’s five new multi-functional art spaces in the Sharjah Heritage Area which have been in development since 2009. With approximately 20,000 square feet of interior space, connected by open-air courtyards and rooftop terraces, these new spaces provide venues for SAF’s growing activities and the increasing needs of its community.
© Texts: From information by Sharjah Art Foundation.
Cover image on top: Lúcia Koch, Conversion, 2013. Bait Al Hurma
© Photos and videos: Universes in Universe, unless otherwise indicated