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Rain Room, Sharjah
Sharjah Art Foundation presents Rain Room for the first time in the Middle East. The installation is permanently sited in Al Majarrah, Sharjah.
Random International
2012
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The Interview
These opening lines introduce The Interview, an indirect narration of the real-life story of Dr Abdul Nabi, an Iraqi doctor who came to the United States in 2008.
Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008
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To Be Continued
Sharif Waked
2009
Videos of the 'living martyr' have become a staple in global media and a powerful visual presence throughout the West Bank and Gaza.
More La More Di More Da & So On
Lawrence Weiner
1996―2009
While seldom site-specific, Weiner’s text pieces physically correspond to the locations in which they are exhibited.
Spiteful of Dream
Jane and Louise Wilson
2008
Spiteful of Dream is a video installation that explores the relationships between the manufacture and mechanics of mass movement (airplanes, trains) and the physical upheaval experienced by those who have been forced to leave their native country.
Katchokwe Style
Yonamine
2009
Katchokwe Style poigantly recalls African and intenational events that have shaped African society.
Richard III (An Arab Tragedy)
Sulayman Al-Bassam Theater
2007
In this dramatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III, the historic setting of late Medieval England is transposed to a fictional setting in the contemporary Middle East.
The piece explores some of the stark contradictions within the paternalistic ideals of Gulf states and reveals a society struggling to come to terms with both its notions of self and its future.
This lecture looks at the cemeteries of Cairo in the late medieval period, a time when the Mamluk sultans also competed to build better and higher, but then, the masses remoulded.
Wharfage (Leaving Sharjah)
CAMP
2009
A project on the creek in Sharjah, from where a large number of dhows leave for 'Somalia'.
The Scream
Nacera Belaza
2008
The Scream which has won the Prize for 'The significant advancement in the art of Choreography for 2008' by the French Critics Syndicate.
On the importance of being an Arab
Ahmad El Attar
2009
This production further develops the performance style that has characterised recent Temple Independent Company productions – a combination of theatre, music and visual arts.
VHS Kahloucha
Néjib Belkadhi
2006
VHS Kahloucha is Néjib Belkadhi’s first feature documentary film and a warm tribute to the singularity of amateur Tunisian filmmaker Monceh Kahloucha.
The Committee
Ahmad El Attar
2008
The Committee is an attempt to explore the dynamics of this desperation and the different elements that shape it.
Donia Amar is one of Al Azma’s earlier works, it essentially observes the relationship between two pop singers, Mostafa Amar and Donia - each from a different social class - and their fans.
The Sea Is A Stereo is an ongoing series of reflections on a group of men who swim everyday at the beach in Beirut no matter the circumstances: rain, wind, war, etc.
Happy 4 Ever / Best
Ahmed Foula
2009
The newly designed Happy 4 Ever tissue boxes and Best Construction fences can be seen in and around Sharjah over the course of the Biennial.
An attempt to understand my socio-political disposition
Tarek Halaby
2008
Palestinian-American Tarek Halaby’s performance for the Biennial is an unfinished project, an ongoing product or situation that echoes the unresolved Palestinian situation.