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Ibraaz October Newsletter
From May until October 2014, Platform 007 has critically examined the role played by artists, institutions and audiences in producing future contexts for the production, dissemination and reception of art as a practice. We are pleased to announce the final newsletter for this platform and the publication of essays by Burak Delier, Tina Sherwell, and George Katodrytis, all of which examine the role art practices play in developing institutions and audiences. The content from Platform 007, alongside newly commissioned essays and projects,will be published in volume 03 of our Visual Culture series, Future Imperfect: Building Institutions through Practice across the Middle East (forthcoming, 2015).
Ibraaz is also pleased to showcase, in collaboration with Art Dubai, recorded sessions from the 2014 Global Art Forum, complete with transcripts in English and in Arabic (the latter made possible through support from the Kamel Lazaar Foundation). These include Crisis: The End of Pearling in the Gulf (Qatar), 1972-1982; Spaceship Sheraton and the Making of Doha's Masterplans; and 1971-1979: The Short Seventies (UAE).
Elsewhere, we publish reviews from Paris and New York, an interview with curators Azar Mahmoudian and Nazila Noebashari, a project by Mohamed Fariji, and a report on Edge of Arabia's Culturunners.
Essays
Measures of Uncertainty |
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Tina Sherwell |
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Scripts of the Art World |
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Burak Delier |
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Notes on Performative Urbanism: an Emergent Design Approach to the Gulf |
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George Katodrytis |
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Interviews
Two Views, One Country |
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Azar Mahmoudian and Nazila Noebashari in conversation with Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi |
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Projects
The Imaginary Aquarium |
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Mohamed Fariji |
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Crisis: The End of Pearling in the Gulf (Qatar) |
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1972-1982: Spaceship Sheraton and the Making of Doha's Masterplans |
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1971-1979: The Short Seventies (UAE) |
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Reviews
Unedited History, Iran 1960 – 2014 |
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Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi |
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Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum |
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Stephanie Bailey |
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Doha Days |
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Sheyma Buali |
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(SOFT) POWER TRIP |
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Kasia Maciejowska |
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In October, Ibraaz will be the media partner for the 2014 iteration of the Jerusalem Show. Towards the end of this month, we will publish an online 'catalogue' and guide for the show, with essays by Basak Senova, Jalal Toufic and Tina Sherwell, alongside a selection of featured artist projects. Welcoming this important collaboration for Ibraaz, Ibraaz's Editor-in-Chief, Anthony Downey, will convene a roundtable discussion with the show's organizers for publication in November.
In November, Ibraaz will launch Platform 008, which will explore the historical and contemporary relationships that exist between North Africa, the Middle East and the Global South.
Contributors to this platform include: Pio Abad, Basma Alsharif, Shiva Balaghi, Eric Baudelaire, Isak Berbic, Beyond Entropy, Youmna Chlala, Laura Cugusi, Adrian Dannatt, Decolonizing Art and Architecture, Embroiderers of Actuality, Shezad Dawood, Wafa Gabsi, Farida El-Gazzar, Aikaterini Gegesian, Natasha Ginwala, Nida Ghouse, Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, Ariel Hassan, Malak Helmy, Maryam Jafri, Amar Kanwar, Romuald Karmakar, Giles Keppel, Lara Khaldi, Bouchra Khalili, Taus Makhacheva, Nat Muller, Diana Nawi, Uriel Orlow, Rosana Palazyan, Fernando Resende, Mounira Al Solh, Stephen Sheehi and Tirdad Zolghadr, amongst others.
Further details can be found here: http://www.ibraaz.org/news/98.
Ibraaz is also pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to the team. Amal Khalaf is joining us as Commissioning Editor for Projects, Sheyma Buali will be taking on the role of Commissioning Editor for the Ibraaz Channel, and Helen Gale will be our Social Media Manager. For full bios, see http://www.ibraaz.org/about-us/.