Biennial Bytes Season 2 kicks off with a roundtable between the five curators of Sharjah Biennial 16: Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Natasha Ginwala and Zeynep Öz. During the conversation, moderated by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, the curators discuss their individual projects and the synergies between their distinct curatorial approaches to the Biennial, expressed in the title “to carry”. They also speak about the diverse forms in which viewers can expect to experience the art at SB16 and how a Biennial can be a space of encounter and collective processing.

Sharjah Biennial 16 runs from 6 February to 15 June 2025, across venues in Sharjah City, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Kalba and other locations in the Emirate of Sharjah. 

CREDITS

Host: Hoor Al Qasimi 

Guests: Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Natasha Ginwala and Zeynep Öz

Editorial and Content Strategy: Jyoti Dhar, Kamayani Sharma and Mahshid Rafiei

Podcast Producer: Kamayani Sharma

Sound Engineer: Basil Kisswani 

Shownotes: Rajwant Sandhu and Suguna Sridhar

Special Thanks: Nawar Al Qassimi, Jiwon Lee, Amal Al Ali, Abdulla Aljanahi, Sara Al Mheiri, May Alqaydi, Osemudiamen Ekore, Raja’a Khalid, Meera Madhu and Khalid Mohammed

© Sharjah Art Foundation, 2025 

This episode was recorded in three parts—with Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell and Natasha Ginwala on 4 September 2024, Alia Swastika on 10 October 2024 and Zeynep Öz on 12 November 2024.