Visual Arts
Introducing
The exhibition will be open everyday from 16h – 21h.
Please join us on the vernissage the 16th of May at 19h30. Registration link here
Info
This exhibition is organized in the framework of the Syrian Film Festival and presents the artworks of AbdulKarim Majdal Albeik , Mohamad Omran & Odai Alzoubi. The cultural agenda is funded by the EU and organized by the European Commission as part of the Annual Conference on the Future of Syria and the Region.
Introducing
The exhibition will be open everyday from 16h – 21h.
Please join us on the vernissage the 16th of May at 19h30. Registration link here
Assemblage – Dark Nights onto Rolling Waves – Mohamad Omran & Odai Alzoubi
‘Assemblage: Dark Nights onto Rolling Waves’, is the joint work of visual artist Mohamad Omran and author Odai Alzoubi. According to them, this work “reflect[s] on the relationship between the individual, the public and power in Syria, from the 1980s to the present, by presenting nine events, some of which are exceptional and unique, while others are typical and repetitive”. Painting and text is used to analyse each event visually, and literally.
Negative – AbdulKarim Majdal Albeik
In this project, AbdulKarim Majdal Albeik examines the themes of “memory, identity, and belonging”, in the experiences of Syrian communities living in their host countries, as well as the various challenges they face. Using photographs taken in the contrasting worlds of these and creating works of art, Negative seeks to explore feelings of transformation, and to blend their experiences in order to “create a new substance”.
This spring, the European Union will convene the eighth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region,” set to take place on April 30th (Day of Dialogue) and May 27th (Ministerial Event). Over the past thirteen years, the Brussels Conference has emerged as the primary international gathering for Syria, and as a… Continue reading Visual Arts
