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IN FOCUS
IN FOCUS is a London-wide contemporary art project relating to the Middle East. It will include: two multimedia art exhibitions, series of film and video screenings, live art performances and interventions as well as more than 100 educational activities, that will take place across London, during the spring/summer of 2007.
Yasmeen Al Awadi
From Grid Works Series, Dubai, photography 2007
Courtesy: the artist
The ongoing events in the Middle East produce a flow of images that are often of war, destruction and conflict. Channelled by the media, these images remain in the subconscious, coming to mind whenever the term ‘Middle East’ is mentioned. IN FOCUS hopes to challenge these representations by showing 66 international contemporary artists whose work relates to the region but defies stereotypes. The project incorporates film, video, digital technology, conceptual work, installation photography and a number of live art performances and interventions.
Represented artists and IN FOCUS this summer 2007 in London are: Mohamed Abdulla, Abdellatif Abdul-Hamid, Anthony Abou Khalife, Mania Akbari, Akram Al Ashqar, Yasmeen Al Awadi, Mounira Al Solh, Rowan Alfaqih, Doa Aly, Omar Amiralay, Ayreen Anastas, Ziad Antar & Rasha Salti, Oreet Ashery, Mireille & Fabian Astore, Maja Bajevic, Tim Blake, Lisa K Blatt, Ali Cherri, Hassan Choubassi, Tarek Al Ghoussein & Chris Kienke, Roza El-Hassan, Hala Elkoussy, Shady El Noshokaty, Shadi Habib Allah, Khaled Hafez, Mohammed Hammed, Susan Hefuna, Hilda Hiary, Mahmoud Hojeij, The Infinity Project, Hisham Jaber, Lamia Joreige, Annemarie Jacir & Nassin Amaouche, Emily Jacir, Ahmed Khaled, Nesrine Khodr, Khorso Khosravi, Nedim Kufi, Rabih Mroué, Vesna Milicevic, Enas Muthafar, Diane Nerwen, Khalil Rabah, Ayman Ramadan, Khaled Ramadan, Mario Rizzi, Paul Ryan, Jackie Salloum, Lina Saneh, Larissa Sansour, Wael Shawky, Emilia Telese & Guyan Porter, Sadegh Tirafkan, Milica Tomic & Branimir Stojanovic, Vladimir Tomic, Jalal Toufic, Sharif Waked, Rachel Wilberforce, Akram Zaatari and Sameh Zoabi.
A full colour catalogue will accompany the exhibition, with essays by Predrag Pajdic and Paul Ryan, Olivia Snaije and Mahmoud Hojeij, a forward by Sacha Craddock, an introduction by Charles Asprey and interviews with selected artists.
For press images, further information and enquiries please contact Predrag Pajdic:
Telephone 020 7482 6649 | E-mail p.pajdic@mac.com
www.infocusdialogue.org
Tate Modern, Opening 4 May (5 – 7pm) with a live art performance Make Me Stop Smoking by Rabih Mroué, in addition to THIS DAY, a series of 8 film and video programmes, until 13 May 2007
Dazed Gallery, exhibition UNDO, Opening on 7 June (7 – 9pm) until 11 July 2007
Contemporary Art Platform, multimedia exhibition THE BREATH, Opening on 22 June (7 – 9pm) – 7 September 2007
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