Biennial Bytes
Biennial Bytes
Biennial Bytes is the official podcast of Sharjah Biennial 15 (SB15): ‘Thinking Historically in the Present’ and is presented by Sharjah Art Foundation. Bringing the Biennial to life for culture enthusiasts around the world, the podcast delves into the work of some of the most prominent artists practising today. Host Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of the Foundation and curator of SB15, talks to artist…Social links:
Ep 12: Amar Kanwar — Narrative and Evidence
What are the ways through which cinema can seek the truth and respond to the times? In a world where evidence has ceased to matter, what is the role of the documentary? To find out, listen to Amar Kanwar in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. For SB15, Kanwar installed a seven-chann…
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Ep 11: Abdulrahim Salem — Tradition and Community
How can artistic techniques capture invisible phenomena such as movement and magic? What are the ways in which can traditional practices be reinterpreted within contemporary art? To find out, listen to Abdulrahim Salem in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At SB15, Salem presented a …
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Ep 10: Mithu Sen — Gender and Glitch
How can the distortion of language resist oppressive power structures? In what ways can depicting the body reveal and defy social strictures? To find out, listen to Mithu Sen in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At Sharjah, Sen installed a mixed-media installation called I am from t…
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Ep 9: Annalee Davis — Planting and Recovering
How can gardens become spaces for healing and community? Can plantations become sites for challenging exploitation and the vestiges of colonialism? To find out, listen to Annalee Davis in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At Sharjah, Davis grew a medicinal garden made using plants, …
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Ep 8: Archana Hande — Labour and Technology
How can images bring to life the narratives of labour and materials which make up the story of modernity? In what ways do western ideas of development influence representation of urban life around the globe? To find out, listen to Archana Hande in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. A…
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Ep 7: Kambui Olujimi —Flight and Freedom
What happens to a Black body when it stops being weighed down by forces of oppression and is freed from gravity? Can the result be Black rhapsody? To find out, listen to Kambui Olujimi in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi At Sharjah, Olujimi installed an immersive, site-specific work…
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Ep 6: Yinka Shonibare — Pastiche and Publics
How does referencing art of the past reveal social and economic realities that affect us in the present? What does it mean when objects and symbols of historical oppression are subverted by contemporary artists and citizens? To find out, listen to this episode recorded before Sharjah Biennial 15 …
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Ep 5: Joiri Minaya — Satire and Camouflage
How does the use of irony undermine oppressive modes of representation? How can art draw attention to the ways in which historical ways of seeing continue into the present? To find out, listen to this episode recorded on the occasion of Sharjah Biennial 15, where Joiri Minaya is in conversation wi…
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Ep 4: John Akomfrah — Memory and Terrain
How is the social sphere linked to the ecological? What are the ways in which radical politics can be expressed in cinematic language? To find out, listen to this episode, recorded on the occasion of Sharjah Biennial 15, where John Akomfrah is in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. In …
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Ep 3: Hassan Hajjaj - Music and Ritual
What are the ways in which identity gets stereotyped and commodified in visual media? Can art draw on diverse histories to express solidarities in the present? To find out, listen this episode, recorded before Sharjah Biennial 15 opened, where Hassan Hajjaj is in conversation with SB15 curator H…
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