Workshop Description
As part of the Sharjah Biennial 14 exhibition Look for Me All Around You, curated by Claire Tancons, the artist collective New Orleans Airlift will produce a public art project built around the site of a derelict plane in Umm Al Quwain in order to explore notions of community, cultural and national identity, nation-building and home in the UAE.
In the run-up to SB14 and as a means of contributing to the shape and direction of the New Orleans Airlift project, Sharjah Art Foundation is inviting Emiratis to participate in an informal workshop held in the Heart of Sharjah, where there will be an open discussion facilitated by Emirati artist and photographer Ammar Al Attar about the meaning of UAE identity and the state of Emirati cultural traditions, past and present.
Emiratis of all ages are encouraged to turn up and take part in this discussion for free.
This discussion will also be reproduced in some form during the New Orleans Airlift project during SB14, with selected participants invited back by the artists to join the final discussion later in March as part of the public project.
Click here for a location map to Al Majlis Al Shaabi (Local Council), 69 Corniche Street, Heart of Sharjah .
Registration
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