Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Biennial 16

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
6 Febuary — 15 June 2025

Until we became fire and fire us(2023)

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Until we became fire and fire us(detail), 2023
Produced by Sharjah Art Foundation, co-commissioned by Polygreen Culture and Art Initiative (PCAI), Piraeus, Greece
Installation view: Sharjah Biennial 15, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah, 2023

Talk Description

Ruanne Abou-Rahmeh and Basel Abbas discuss their artistic practice in relation to the themes of rupture, erasure, uprooting, the fragmentation of memory and the unrelenting realities of occupation and colonialism in the Palestinian context. Their conversation will also touch on forms of haunting that appear in their SB15 installation Until we became fire and fire us (2023), which is aptly situated in the ruins of the old heritage house, Bait Haider Abadi in Al Mureijah, Sharjah.

Guests: Ruanne Abou-Rahme – Artist
Basel Abbas – Artist

Interviewer: Nasrin Himada – Writer and curator

Registration

This discussion will be held at 5:30 pm Gulf Standard Time (GST).
This discussion will take place via Zoom and will be held in English.

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