Rhizoma (Generation in waiting)
Magazzini del sale
Dorsoduro 262, 30124 Venice Italy edgeofarabia.com
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VISUAL ARTS | LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA 2013 : COLLATERAL EVENTS
RHIZOMA (GENERATION IN WAITING)
55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Collateral Events
30 MAY 2013 - 24 SEP 2013
MAGAZZINI DEL SALE
DORSODURO 262
30124 VENICE
FEATURED ARTISTS
HEBA ABED
SARAH ABU ABDALLAH
MAJED AL-THUBAITY
SAMI AL TURKI
NASSER AL-SALEM
AHAAD ALAMOUDI
NORA ALMAZROOA
RAMY ALQTHAMY
JOWHARA ALSAUD
SHAWEESH
BATOOL ALSHOMRANI
AHMAD ANGAWI
DANA AWARTANI
HUDA BEYDOUN
EIMAN ELGIBREEN
BASMAH FELEMBAN
EYAD MAGHAZIL
Curated by London-based art critic and independent curator, Sara Raza, and Saudi-based poet, curator and artist, Ashraf Fayadh, RHIZOMA's premise draws from the actual rhizoma, the ancient Greek word for the underground root of a plant that shoots its roots both horizontally and vertically as a metaphor for a bold new generation of artists who are challenging the force of gravity through inspiring projects.
Many of the artists are creating new works specifically for the exhibition. Works present in the exhibition explore multiplicity in both concept and execution deployed via an array of mediums such as new media practices and the employment of internet and video art, photography, sculpture, textiles and installation. Highlights including several site specific works that subvert geometric spatial dynamics, and special projects by cross-platform YouTube sensations TelFaz11 and UTurn, who will be collaborating with artists to create new realities that reach peer-group audiences in their millions. In addition, a special rhizomatic structure will be especially designed and built within the exhibition by The Amen Art Foundation, a new Riyadh based platform set up by Edge of Arabia co-founder, Abdulnasser Gharem. This platform will stage several art works and projects which function as an extended metaphor for non-linear identities and generational collaborations which Rhizoma promotes. Within this structure, The Khatt Foundation, a nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to advancing design thinking in the Middle East, will run a participatory research station inviting public collaboration in designing the visual identity of the foundation.
