A discussion with Nora Razian (Head of Exhibitions at Art Jameel) about recent exhibition trends in museums and galleries, specifically how 'research based art' is presented and translated into a final piece of artwork.
The discussion includes questions about the proposition of the work and what are curators and artists demanding from an audience, works made for biennials compared to museum/gallery exhibitions, how best to present durational work like film and video and how can the layout invite and engage viewers to watch them in their entirety. We also discuss labelling, how to accommodate multi-lingual viewers, and how artists present works that challenge and contest dominant art narratives and histories.
Links to some of the works mentioned in the discussion:
Nepal Picture Library at the 17th Istanbul Biennial
https://www.nepalpicturelibrary.org/update/feminist-memory-project-at-istanbul-biennial/
https://bienal.iksv.org/en/17b-artists/feminist-memory-project-nepal-picture-library
Lamia Joreige at the 17th Istanbul Biennial
https://bienal.iksv.org/en/17b-artists/lamia-joreige
Christian Marclay - The Clock
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/marclay-the-clock-t14038
A Word to Curators - about making exhibitions accessible
https://thewhitepube.co.uk/blog/to-curators/
Watch & Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses at Sharjah Art Foundation
https://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/watch-chill-2.0-streaming-senses
An Ocean in Every Drop at Jameel Art Centre
https://jameelartscentre.org/whats-on/an-ocean-in-every-drop/
About our guest:
Nora Razian manages the exhibitions programme at the Jameel Arts Centre, and contributes to curatorial thinking across the board. Previous roles include heading up programmes at the Sursock Museum, Beirut, and curating public programmes at Tate, London. She has an MA in Anthropology and Cultural Politics from Goldsmiths College, London, where she also designed and taught the MA course ‘Critical Pedagogy in Contested Space’ at the Centre for Arts and Learning.
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A discussion with Nora Razian (Head of Exhibitions at Art Jameel) about recent exhibition trends in museums and galleries, specifically how 'research based art' is presented and translated into a final piece of artwork.
The discussion includes questions about the proposition of the work and what are curators and artists demanding from an audience, works made for biennials compared to museum/gallery exhibitions, how best to present durational work like film and video and how can the layout invite and engage viewers to watch them in their entirety. We also discuss labelling, how to accommodate multi-lingual viewers, and how artists present works that challenge and contest dominant art narratives and histories.
Links to some of the works mentioned in the discussion:
Nepal Picture Library at the 17th Istanbul Biennial
https://www.nepalpicturelibrary.org/update/feminist-memory-project-at-istanbul-biennial/
https://bienal.iksv.org/en/17b-artists/feminist-memory-project-nepal-picture-library
Lamia Joreige at the 17th Istanbul Biennial
https://bienal.iksv.org/en/17b-artists/lamia-joreige
Christian Marclay - The Clock
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/marclay-the-clock-t14038
A Word to Curators - about making exhibitions accessible
https://thewhitepube.co.uk/blog/to-curators/
Watch & Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses at Sharjah Art Foundation
https://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/watch-chill-2.0-streaming-senses
An Ocean in Every Drop at Jameel Art Centre
https://jameelartscentre.org/whats-on/an-ocean-in-every-drop/
About our guest:
Nora Razian manages the exhibitions programme at the Jameel Arts Centre, and contributes to curatorial thinking across the board. Previous roles include heading up programmes at the Sursock Museum, Beirut, and curating public programmes at Tate, London. She has an MA in Anthropology and Cultural Politics from Goldsmiths College, London, where she also designed and taught the MA course ‘Critical Pedagogy in Contested Space’ at the Centre for Arts and Learning.
Film critic A.S. Harmah joins Hind Mezaina for a conversation about his book The Earth Dies Streaming.
A.S. Hamrah is a writer living in Brooklyn. He contributed a column on film to n+1 from 2008 to 2019, and his essays and reviews have appeared in Harper’s, Bookforum, Cineaste, and other publications. His first book, The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002–2018, was published by n+1 Books in 2018.
Episode Notes:
The first half of the discussion is about the state of film criticism, the current the debate about streaming, their impact on movie theatres, and film studios as hyper capitalist entities.
From the 42nd minute onwards the discussion is focused on the book, including the following chapters and filmmakers:
- Alien Land - The Grapes of Wrath
- Jessica Biel's Hand
- Chantal Akerman
- Stanley Kubrick
Other films/filmmakers/topics mentioned / discussed in this episode include:
Outbreak, Contagion, Nomadland (Chloe Zhao), Hillbilly Elegy (Ron Howard), The Irishman (Martin Scorsese), Il Cinema Ritrovato and the roles of film festivals in general (especially during the pandemic),
Links discussed in this episode:
2021 Will Launch the Platinum Age of Piracy www.wired.com/preview/story/5fd2…56e34070c4339bc27c
Oedipal Multiplex https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/oedipal-multiplex-1.602016
Links related to the book:
Book intro, Remember Me On This Computer nplusonemag.com/online-only/onlin…on-this-computer/
n+1 Bookstore shop.nplusonemag.com/products/the-e…-by-a-s-hamrah
Where to find A S Hamrah:
thebaffler.com/authors/a-s-hamrah
twitter.com/hamrahrama
www.instagram.com/hamrahrama
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A discussion with Nora Razian (Head of Exhibitions at Art Jameel) about recent exhibition trends in museums and galleries, specifically how 'research based art' is presented and translated into a final piece of artwork.
The discussion includes questions about the proposition of the work and what are curators and artists demanding from an audience, works made for biennials compared to museum/gallery exhibitions, how best to present durational work like film and video and how can the layout invite and engage viewers to watch them in their entirety. We also discuss labelling, how to accommodate multi-lingual viewers, and how artists present works that challenge and contest dominant art narratives and histories.
Links to some of the works mentioned in the discussion:
Nepal Picture Library at the 17th Istanbul Biennial
https://www.nepalpicturelibrary.org/update/feminist-memory-project-at-istanbul-biennial/
https://bienal.iksv.org/en/17b-artists/feminist-memory-project-nepal-picture-library
Lamia Joreige at the 17th Istanbul Biennial
https://bienal.iksv.org/en/17b-artists/lamia-joreige
Christian Marclay - The Clock
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/marclay-the-clock-t14038
A Word to Curators - about making exhibitions accessible
https://thewhitepube.co.uk/blog/to-curators/
Watch & Chill 2.0: Streaming Senses at Sharjah Art Foundation
https://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/watch-chill-2.0-streaming-senses
An Ocean in Every Drop at Jameel Art Centre
https://jameelartscentre.org/whats-on/an-ocean-in-every-drop/
About our guest:
Nora Razian manages the exhibitions programme at the Jameel Arts Centre, and contributes to curatorial thinking across the board. Previous roles include heading up programmes at the Sursock Museum, Beirut, and curating public programmes at Tate, London. She has an MA in Anthropology and Cultural Politics from Goldsmiths College, London, where she also designed and taught the MA course ‘Critical Pedagogy in Contested Space’ at the Centre for Arts and Learning.
