In photographs, installations, videos and performances, Wael Shawky mines traditions of entertainment and performance through multilayered historical reconstructions that force viewers to navigate the territory of truth, myth, stereotype and cliché.

In his paintings, prints and etchings, Anwar Jalal Shemza explored modernism from both Islamic and Western perspectives.

As an obsessive cultural observer and self-taught cineaste, Kidlat Tahimik has been exploring his inner cultural contradictions since 1975 by making non-commercial films.

Claire Tancons is a curator and scholar invested in the discourse and practice of the postcolonial politics of production and exhibition.

Caecilia Tripp’s immersive participatory performances, film installations, sound sculptures, photography and large-scale score drawings are deeply rooted in what Edouard Glissant calls the ‘poetics of relation’.

Wu Tsang’s artistic practice explores states of connectedness and in-betweenness; often this fluidity manifests as collaboration or the merging of disciplines such as performance, moving image, sculpture and installation.

Working in a wide range of mediums, Kemang Wa Lehulere reflects on the historical narratives of native South Africans and the aftermath of apartheid.

In his photography and videos, Munem Wasif investigates conceptions of ‘documents’ and ‘archives’ and their corresponding influence on politically and geographically complex issues.

Lantian Xie is an artist from Dubai who makes images, objects, stories, and situations.

Xu Zhen is an artist, a curator and the founder of MadeIn Company, a contemporary art creation corporation based in Shanghai.

Akram Zaatari produces work on a range of interconnected themes, subjects and practices related to excavation, political resistance, and the production and circulation of images in times of war.