External Rotation

Overview

Mohamed Abdelkarim engages with notions of authorship and representation, camouflage and concealment, exchange and play. His work tackles subjects such as tourism, religion, politics and economics. He has a longstanding interest in the relationship between capitalism, violence and masculinity.

In External Rotation, the Qur’anic story of the People of the Cave (known in the Biblical tradition as the Seven Sleepers) is retold through personal events with a political and social dimension, and framed by an interview with someone antagonistic to the artist.

2013

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11

Produced by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).