Shatana International Artists Workshop
Shatana Village
Irbid, Jordan
July 3 - 19, 2008
Open Day: 18 July, 2008
Taking place in a rural village in the northern hills of Jordan, this 2-week artist residency concludes on ‘Open Day,’ when the village-as-laboratory can be accessed for public view. See this link for information about last year’s workshop.
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Marseille Maze
(looking to get lost in the Arab Quarter)
Between June 14 and 16, a single thread — up to 35 miles in length — will track my course. The thread will remain on view in various districts of Marseille until it disintegrates or is otherwise removed.
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Méditerranée II
13 juin – 21 septembre 2008
Vernissage : 12 juin 2008
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes
13 June-21 September 2008
Cette exposition fait suite au premier volet présenté l’été 2007 autour de scènes artistiques d’Espagne, d’Italie, du Portugal. Il proposera une vision de l’actualité plastique dans une aire géographique couvrant la Méditerranée de l’Est allant des Balkans jusqu’à la Palestine autour des œuvres d’une vingtaine d’artistes, parmi lesquels: Jumana Emil Abboud, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Rheim Alkadhi, The Atlas Group/Walid Raad, Maja Bajevic, Yael Bartana, Guy Ben-Ner, Danica Dakic, Emily Jacir, Yaron Leshem, Ciprian Muresan, Ahmet Ögüt, Sener Özmen, Marwan Rechmaoui, Bülent Sangar, Wael Shawky, Hale Tenger, Mürüvvet Türkyilmaz, Akram Zaatari.
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In various locations:
Anonymous reclines after an action. (25 Mar 2008)
Anonymous transports artist materials. (4 Apr 2008)
Anonymous nears the site of chaos. (14 Apr 2008)
Anonymous describes her physical bearing. (28 Apr 2008)
Anonymous as a young girl. (6 May 2008)
Anonymous assembles an outfit for a picture. (15 May 2008)
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On the streets of Cairo in the month of December, 2007, I will be engaging in spontaneous performative interventions, Arab-style. I will look for you; you will look for me.
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I have a butter-fried hankie in Edith Abeyta’s retrospective at El Camino College, “a three-installation exhibition which sources handkerchiefs, taming the wild, the Salton Sea, and Marie Antoinette.” Edith is an incredibly inclusive artist; her process involves regular collaboration with fellow artists and viewers alike.
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Border Myths/Border Realities
November 8 - December 16, 2007
Opening reception Novemeber 8, 6 - 8pm.
University Art Museum
California State University Long Beach
The exhibition, Border Myths/Border Realities explores multiple perspectives of the border, as well as the power dynamics that occur when borders are used to define territories or to separate nations or cultures from one another. The physical border is often utilized as a construct that underlies national and cultural identity. As a barrier between territories, its crossing can range from a bureaucratic to a dangerous encounter, yet the realities of the border become mythologized when they are represented in the media and popular culture. As scholar Irit Rogoff argues, the perception of the word “border” has developed into a set of vocabularies that includes: “border towns, ghettos, no man’s lands, and international free cities” creating cultural and political misperceptions of the border. The artists in this exhibition explore who defines the border by investigating the ways in which cultural ideologies are made invisible, and identifying how personal identity is derived from the notion of borders. Addressing multiple perspectives on the topic, using a variety of media and artistic strategies, the exhibition fragments fixed notions about the myths and realities of what borders are.
Artists included in the exhibition are: Rheim Alkadhi, Abdelali Dahrouch, Gronk, Ruben Ortiz-Torres, Eddo Stern, and Whitney Stolich. This exhibition was curated by the CSULB Museum Studies Program.
Tuesday, November 13 UAM@noon 12:15 - 1pm Gallery Talk with Rheim Alkadhi
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“LA Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles”
October 27-December 16, 2007
Reception: Saturday, October 27, 7-9 pm
“LA Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles” is a group exhibition of compelling and provocative art, chosen by Scripps College studio art faculty. This exhibition features a broad array of cultural influences and personal histories, expressed in a wide range of media.The exhibition includes work by: Rheim Alkadhi, Veronica Bailey, Kim Beck, Natalie Bookchin, Nana Gregory, Julia Meltzer and David Thorne, Hillary Mushkin, Alison Saar, and Mario Ybarra, Jr.
“L.A. Live reflects the vibrancy and variety of current art in Los Angeles,” says Mary MacNaughton, Director of the Williamson Gallery.
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Eleventh and Columbia Streets, Claremont 91711-3948
Contact: Kirk Delman
(909) 607-4690, fax (909)607-4691 E-mail, kdelman@scrippscollege.edu
Gallery hours, Wednesday –Sunday, 1-5pm
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Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:00p-6:00p
Performative Event at the Mess Hall in conjunction with Chicago Calling. The 2nd Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival is a multi-venue, multi-discipline festival that happens from October 25-27 this year.
Today, Mess Hall hosts a bunch of things in conjunction with Chicago Calling:
Lott Hill reading creative non-fiction
Eric Elshtain (poetry) and Stefanie Marlis (poetry)
Matthias Regan (poetry), Christopher Alexander (poetry), Topher Hemann (poetry), and Rheim Alkadhi (visual art)
Jessie Levine (keyboards), Rob Pleshar (sousaphone), Jon Godston (soprano saxophone)
Julie Downey (projected photography) and Carol Ng (movement)
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Here is a venue in which I will install a smallish work of chance (the gesture has been ongoing, but I take a chance in showing it). Stop by if you can!
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Subtitles for Stolen Pictures will be screening at the Media Art Festival in the Netherlands on Saturday, September 22, 2007.
