The tours are led by SB16 Curators Amal Khalaf and Megan Tamati-Quennell, and participating artist Ana Iti
09:30 am–10:00 am
Tour: House of Wisdom
* Shuttles will depart for House of Wisdom at 9:00 am. Click here to view the transportation schedule.
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Tour: Kalba Ice Factory, Kalba
12:30 pm–01:00 pm
Break
Kalba Ice Factory, Kalba
03:00 pm–04:00 pm
Tour: Al Hamriyah venues
Al Hamriyah Studios and Old Al Diwan Al Amiri
* Shuttles will depart back to hotels at 4:00 pm. Click here to view the transportation schedule.
09:00 pm–09:30 pm
Registration
09:30 pm–10:00 pm
Welcome remarks
10:00 pm–10:40 pm
Threads of Time: Storytelling through Material Conversation
Hashel Al Lamki (Artist)
Moderator: Amal Khalaf (Civic Curator, Serpentine Galleries and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
10:40 pm–11:10 pm
Conversation
Mohammed Al Hawajri (Artist); Dina Mattar (Artist)
11:20 pm–12:00 am
The Love of Spirits Sounding Worlds – A Devotion
Performance by houaïda (Composer and Performer)
The tours are led by SB16 Curators Megan Tamati-Quennell and Zeynep Öz
10:00 am–10:30 am
Tour: The Flying Saucer
Dasman, Sharjah
* Shuttles will depart for The Flying Saucer at 9:30 am. Click here to view the transportation schedule.
11:30 am–12:00 pm
12:30 pm–01:00 pm
01:45 pm–02:15 pm
Break
Old Al Dhaid Clinic, Al Dhaid
02:15 pm–03:45 pm
Tour: Al Dhaid venues
Old Al Dhaid Clinic, Arts Palace and Farm, Al Dhaid
* Shuttles will depart back to hotels at 3:45 pm. Click here to view the transportation schedule.
09:00 pm–09:30 pm
Registration
09:30 pm–10:00 pm
Mara TK plays
Performance by Mara TK (Artist)
10:00 pm–10:45 pm
Desiring Beings, Dissident Chorus
Conversation
Athena Farrokhzad (Poet, Playwright and Translator); Meena Kandasamy (Poet, Author and Translator)
Moderator: Natasha Ginwala (Artistic Director, Colomboscope and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
10:45 pm–11:45 pm
Legacies of Transformation
Conversation
Nici Cumpston (Director of Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal art collection at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA); Raven Chacon (Composer, Artist and Musician); Subash Thebe Limbu (Filmmaker and Artist)
Moderator: Megan Tamati-Quennell (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Maori and Indigenous art, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
11:45 pm–12:30 am
Cooking as Embodied Memory
Lecture and cooking performance
Suvi Wahyudianto (Artist); Dicky Senda (Artist)
Moderator: Alia Swastika (Director, Biennale Jogja Foundation, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
12:30 am–01:00 am
Songs from Sumba
Performance by Ata Ratu (Musician)
The tours are led by SB16 Curators Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, and Natasha Ginwala
09:30 am–11:00 am
Tour: Al Mureijah Square
Galleries 1–6 and heritage houses
* Shuttles will depart for Al Mureijah Square at 9:00 am. Click here to view the transportation schedule.
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Tour: Calligraphy Square
12:00 pm–12:30 pm
Tour: Bank Street Building
12:30 pm–01:15 pm
Break
Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, Arts Sqaure
01:15 pm–03:15 pm
Tour: Arts Square
Bait Al Serkal, Majlis, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi and Sharjah Art Museum
03:30 pm–04:15 pm
* Shuttles will depart back to hotels at 4:15 pm. Click here to view the transportation schedule.
09:00 pm–09:30 pm
Registration
09:30 pm–10:00 pm
Roots of Power: Feudal Foundations and Modern Economies
Conversation
Olivia Plender (Artist); Celia Plender (Social Anthropologist)
Moderator: Zeynep Öz (Independent Curator, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
10:00 pm–10:30 pm
Matike Mai Aotearoa and the art of constitutional transformation
Conversation
Luke Willis Thompson (Artist)
Moderator: Megan Tamati-Quennell (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Maori and Indigenous art, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
10:30 pm–11:00 pm
Alphabets and Linguistic Traditions
Conversation
Dilek Winchester (Artist); Ana Iti (Artist)
Moderator: Megan Tamati-Quennell (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Maori and Indigenous art, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
11:00 pm–12:00 am
to carry: Curatorial Reflections
Conversation
Alia Swastika (Director, Biennale Jogja Foundation, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator); Amal Khalaf (Civic Curator, Serpentine Galleries and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator); Megan Tamati-Quennell (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Maori and Indigenous Art, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator); Natasha Ginwala (Artistic Director, Colomboscope and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator); and Zeynep Öz (Independent Curator, and Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry co-curator)
12:00 am–01:00 am
Chaar Yaar—the Faqiri Quartet
Performance by Madan Gopal Singh (Singer, Writer, Composer); Deepak Castelino (Guitarist); Pritam Ghosal (Sarod Player); Amjad Khan (Percussionist)
*Please note that this programme is subject to change — kindly keep checking the website for updates.*