“when people are forced to leave their cities, they do not only leave their homes, belongings, schools, favorite toys and friends and neighbors behind… they actually leave their skin and organs and memories. they transform into outlines of a radiating light. they walk, whispering one thing: my light is your light…”
alaa minawi is taking part in the Topic Talk War on stage on May 24 from 17 tot 18:30 in the Stadsschouwburg in Utrecht.
"Ten years ago, alaa minawi dreamed of being a computer scientist. Today, he is one of the most talented Lebanese artists of his generation"
In this work in progress, Melkonyan combines her experience as an artist and as a microbiologist to explore the connections and collisions between the biological and cultural contexts of blood. In her performative installation, strange visions expand and leak out of the sterile vessels of a science lab, breaching the boundaries of what can be routinely contained.
What can a box of family photos from an Amsterdam home contain? An artistic investigation by a Polish duo that takes us into the rooms where the future of the global order was agreed upon, and to small remote villages on the other side of the world.
A printed book and a sound space. The two elements are joined together in time and space and shared by a temporary audience community. Collectively we follow the story plotted from individual biographies and historical events, until we are confronted with the reality happening right next to us, but not always seen by us.
