VPS12: 如果我是另一个人

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Vantage Point Sharjah 12: If I Were Another

如果我是另一个人
If I Were Another
展期:2024年09月28日—12月08日
策展人:Sara Al Mheiri
艺术家:Sara Kontar、Thasil Suhara Backer、Arum Dayu、Mosfiqur Rahman Johan
地点:Sharjah Art Foundation|Arts Square, Sharjah 艺术广场,沙迦

这个展览探索流离失所、生态和母性等主题,通过多样的摄影手法,提供给记录性和实验性方法一个展示平台。
The works explore themes like displacement, ecology, and motherhood through diverse photographic methods, offering a platform for documentary and experimental approaches.

Vantage Point 沙迦(VPS)是一个年度展览,聚焦来自本地及其他地区的新兴摄影师。第12届VPS的主题《If I Were Another(如果我是另一个人)》由沙迦艺术基金会助理策展人Sara Al Mheiri策划,主题来自Mahmoud Darwish的一首诗。从通过国际公开呼吁响应这一主题的艺术家中,选出了四位艺术家的作品参加展览。

精选的作品反映了个人经历,历史和集体记忆。虽然摄影图像是使用各种方法创作的,但它们都唤起了与普遍人类经验产生共鸣的碎片记忆。


Sara Kontar记录了她个人的流亡经历,以调查被遗忘的记忆片段并探索流离失所的主题。

Thasil Suhara Backer通过戏剧和视觉艺术的双重透镜审视生态和生物政治。

摄影记者Arum Dayu探索当代爪哇文化和社会,特别关注女权主义和母性。

人类学家Mosfiqur Rahman Johan用摄影记录了边缘化社区与流离失所作斗争的艰辛。


该展览汇集了不同的声音和生活经验,体现了当代摄影的实验精神,并为一系列方法提供了一个动态的平台,从纪录片到实验,以模拟和数字形式。


每个艺术家的作品将在整个Bait Obaid Al Shamsi作为独立的展示。VPS12还包括一对一的专业指导计划,将艺术家与他们选择的文化从业者或行业专业人士配对。

Vantage Point Sharjah 12: If I Were Another

Vantage Point Sharjah (VPS) is an annual exhibition that spotlights emerging photographers from the region and beyond. The 12th edition derives its title, If I Were Another, from a poem by Mahmoud Darwish. From the artists who responded to this thematic prompt through an international open call, four were selected for the exhibition.

The featured works reflect on personal experiences, history and collective memory. While the photographic images have been created using various methodologies, they all recall fragmented memories that resonate with universal human experiences.

 

Sara Kontar documents her personal experiences of exile to investigate fragments of forgotten memories and explore themes of displacement. Thasil Suhara Backer examines ecology and biopolitics through the dual lens of theatre and visual art. Photojournalist Arum Dayu explores contemporary Javanese culture and society with a particular focus on feminism and motherhood. Anthropologist Mosfiqur Rahman Johan uses photography to document the hardships of marginalised communities struggling with displacement.

 

Bringing together diverse voices and lived experiences, the exhibition embodies the spirit of experimentation in contemporary photography and provides a dynamic platform for a spectrum of approaches, from documentary to experimental, in both analogue and digital forms.

 

Each artist’s work will be showcased as independent presentations throughout Bait Obaid Al Shamsi. VPS12 also includes a one-on-one professional mentoring programme, pairing artists with cultural practitioners or industry professionals of their choice.

 

Vantage Point Sharjah 12 is curated by Sara Al Mheiri, Assistant Curator, Sharjah Art Foundation.

 

28 September–8 December 2024

Bait Obaid Al Shamsi

Arts Square, Sharjah

Image caption:

Thasil Suhara Baker, Illuminating Shores, 2019–2020. Image courtesy of the artist