Bilna’es is an interdisciplinary platform that generates new models for artists to redistribute resources and support each another in the production and circulation of work. Functioning as a publishing space with releases ranging from music to video games, web projects, publications, performances, installations and other yet-to-be-developed forms, Bilna’es (meaning ‘in the negative’) came about through the need to support artistic communities in Palestine and beyond. Operating literally in the negative, in the cracks and fissures, Bilna’es uses the resources made available through access to art economies as a means to support artists, musicians and writers who are practicing with nearly no support systems.
For Sharjah Biennial 16, Bilna'es presents a project curated by Adam HajYahia, with artists Baraari, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Dina Mimi, DJ Haram, Drew McDowall, Freddie June, Haykal, Hiro Kone, Jota Mombaça, Julmud, Makimakkuk, Martin Wong, Muhannad Al Azzeh, Muqata’a, Oscar Gardea, and SCRAAATCH.