Sharjah Art Foundation

Biennial Bytes

Arts EN ↓ 28 episodes

Biennial Bytes is the official podcast of Sharjah Biennial. Bringing the Biennial to life for culture enthusiasts around the world, the podcast delves into the work of some of the most prominent artists practising today. Subscribe and listen to new episodes every week.

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Ep 3: Hassan Hajjaj - Music and Ritual 08.04.2023 29:23

What are the ways in which identity gets stereotyped and commodified in visual media? Can art draw on diverse histories to express solidarities in the present? To find out, listen this episode, recorded before Sharjah Biennial 15 opened, where Hassan Hajjaj is in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At Sharjah, Hajjaj shows a documentary film called Gnawa Capoeira Brothahood (2022) . T...

Ep 2: Mary Sibande - Self and Solidarity 08.04.2023 26:51

How can materials and forms associated with racial oppression be subverted to oppose their original meaning? Can art help us reimagine difficult pasts in ways that allows us to heal in the present? To find out, listen this episode where Mary Sibande is in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At Sharjah, Sibande installed a work called A Reverse Retrogress: Scene 1 (2013). Featuring a d...

Ep 1: Nari Ward - Redemption and Transformation 08.04.2023 26:37

Can objects from the past make us see the present in a new light? How does art reframe things that carry histories of oppression? To find out, listen to this episode, recorded before Sharjah Biennial 15 opened, where artist Nari Ward is in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Qasimi. At Sharjah, Ward installed a work called Duty Colossus (2023). A large-scale project modelled on fish traps and...