Collection

Commissioned for SB12, this work comprises a four-channel video installation driven by an experimental audio track.

For The Trespassers, Mariam Ghani hired Afghan-Americans who had previously worked as translators for the US military in Afghanistan, translating documents related to US military prisons in Afghanistan.

Under-Writing Beirut - Mathaf looks at historically or personally significant locations within the city’s present, finding in them access to other temporalities.

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian creates work with a strong connection to the history of Iranian reverse glass and mirror mosaics, a craft traditionally passed on from father to son.

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian creates work with a strong connection to the history of Iranian reverse glass and mirror mosaics, a craft traditionally passed on from father to son.

Unnikrishnan’s paintings and carvings on brick record intimate scenes of life in the city and anecdotes of his relations with people and objects.

Through the work, Nikhil Chopra explores the layers beneath the region’s shiny veneer. By focusing on the positioning of the subject in nature, the artist examines the history of the land and sea and how they have connected people for thousands of years, expanding our understanding of humanity.

XYZ (2015) is an original children’s activity that aims to reprogramme the mechanical and analytical skills used to win a game and in so doing make ‘winning’ once again a byproduct of play rather than its goal.