02 May - 30 May. 2015
Curator Rachel Dedman
Space Between Our Fingers explores outer space and science fiction as imagined and challenged by artists from the Middle East. The exhibition will bring together artists working with spaceflight and stars, aliens, and apocalypse – material associated with fantasy, dreaming, discovery, and the unknown. At the same time, the exhibition considers the use of such motifs in the articulation of issues particular to the local histories and legacies of the region. Outer space, in the work of these artists, is a catalyst and vehicle for reflection upon legacies of colonialism, formulations of history, the militarization of space, and the intersection of landscape and politics. Outer space becomes a channel for criticism, while its tropes open up spaces for speculation and future-making.
Featuring artists from Palestine, Lebanon, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, Space Between Our Fingers will take the form of a constellation exhibition – placing works in conversation across multiple venues in Beirut, Lebanon. The exhibition invites visitors to walk the city, engaging with the urban space between the works, and will be accompanied by a dynamic public program. This will include conversations with artists, screenings of little-known Arab science fiction films, and a collaboration with Yasmin Khan’s ongoing research project, Sindbad Sci-Fi.
Space Between Our Fingers explores outer space and science fiction as imagined and challenged by artists from the Middle East. The exhibition will bring together artists working with spaceflight and stars, aliens, and apocalypse – material associated with fantasy, dreaming, discovery, and the unknown. At the same time, the exhibition considers the use of such motifs in the articulation of issues particular to the local histories and legacies of the region. Outer space, in the work of these artists, is a catalyst and vehicle for reflection upon legacies of colonialism, formulations of history, the militarization of space, and the intersection of landscape and politics. Outer space becomes a channel for criticism, while its tropes open up spaces for speculation and future-making.
Featuring artists from Palestine, Lebanon, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, Space Between Our Fingers will take the form of a constellation exhibition – placing works in conversation across multiple venues in Beirut, Lebanon. The exhibition invites visitors to walk the city, engaging with the urban space between the works, and will be accompanied by a dynamic public program. This will include conversations with artists, screenings of little-known Arab science fiction films, and a collaboration with Yasmin Khan’s ongoing research project, Sindbad Sci-Fi. - See more at: http://apexart.org/exhibitions/dedman.php#sthash.EYBcT2VA.dpuf
Space Between Our Fingers explores outer space and science fiction as imagined and challenged by artists from the Middle East. The exhibition will bring together artists working with spaceflight and stars, aliens, and apocalypse – material associated with fantasy, dreaming, discovery, and the unknown. At the same time, the exhibition considers the use of such motifs in the articulation of issues particular to the local histories and legacies of the region. Outer space, in the work of these artists, is a catalyst and vehicle for reflection upon legacies of colonialism, formulations of history, the militarization of space, and the intersection of landscape and politics. Outer space becomes a channel for criticism, while its tropes open up spaces for speculation and future-making.
Featuring artists from Palestine, Lebanon, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, Space Between Our Fingers will take the form of a constellation exhibition – placing works in conversation across multiple venues in Beirut, Lebanon. The exhibition invites visitors to walk the city, engaging with the urban space between the works, and will be accompanied by a dynamic public program. This will include conversations with artists, screenings of little-known Arab science fiction films, and a collaboration with Yasmin Khan’s ongoing research project, Sindbad Sci-Fi. - See more at: http://apexart.org/exhibitions/dedman.php#sthash.EYBcT2VA.dpuf
Space Between Our Fingers explores outer space and science fiction as imagined and challenged by artists from the Middle East. The exhibition will bring together artists working with spaceflight and stars, aliens, and apocalypse – material associated with fantasy, dreaming, discovery, and the unknown. At the same time, the exhibition considers the use of such motifs in the articulation of issues particular to the local histories and legacies of the region. Outer space, in the work of these artists, is a catalyst and vehicle for reflection upon legacies of colonialism, formulations of history, the militarization of space, and the intersection of landscape and politics. Outer space becomes a channel for criticism, while its tropes open up spaces for speculation and future-making.
Featuring artists from Palestine, Lebanon, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, Space Between Our Fingers will take the form of a constellation exhibition – placing works in conversation across multiple venues in Beirut, Lebanon. The exhibition invites visitors to walk the city, engaging with the urban space between the works, and will be accompanied by a dynamic public program. This will include conversations with artists, screenings of little-known Arab science fiction films, and a collaboration with Yasmin Khan’s ongoing research project, Sindbad Sci-Fi. - See more at: http://apexart.org/exhibitions/dedman.php#sthash.EYBcT2VA.dpuf
