Project: Tales
Market in Isa Town
The Tales project was realized in one of Bahrain’s crowded local markets in Isa Town, where people from all walks of life acquire new or second-hand goods at quite low prices. The aim was to create a setting to enter into direct contact with the people and to encourage their participation and interaction. Friday, 10 April 2009
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Graphics: Anas Al-Shaikh
Setting up
Setting up
Setting up
Participation and interaction
At first sight, it seemed as though it was a usual display of sundry goods, and at first people could not recognize the objective of our show. Reactions were varied. Some people listened to some of the tales without making any comment. Others stopped nearby just for few seconds and left when they knew that the stuff was not for sale, not even wanting to know why such a large crowd gathered around the tables. But there were many people who took the time to sit and listen to all the tales. They went so far as to pose numerous questions about the tales as well as about the project itself.
© Photo: Anas Al-Shaikh
Display and recorded tale by Fatima Al Mahdi.
Display and recorded tale by Hassan Al-Haiki.
Display and recorded tale by Hussain Yousif
Display and recorded tale by Marwa Rustam
Display and recorded tale by Hooriya Mansoor
Display and recorded tale by Noor Al-Bastaki
Participation and Interaction
Various Projects
Al Malikiyah Village, Bahrain
Noor Al-Bastaki
Hassan Al-Haiki
Faisal Khalaf
Zahra Khamis
Fatima Al Mahdi
Saeed Mansoor
Marwa Rustam
Anas Al-Shaikh
Shatha Al-Wadi
Hussain Yousif
Project: Greeting, 8 May 2009
Greeting
Project: Greeting, 8 May 2009
Jerusalem is the Capital City of Arab Culture of the year 2009. But since it is under Israeli occupation, the Israeli authorities prohibited launching the proposed programs and functions.
(…) In solidarity with Jerusalem and in support of its right to organize all artistic and cultural events as Capital City of Arab Culture, Bahraini artists sent a symbolic message of greetings and appreciation to the city of Jerusalem and to the Palestinian people by realizing a number of artistic works on Al Budaiya beach, north-west of Bahrain, which is considered the nearest point and the shortest distance between the Island of Bahrain and the occupied Palestinian territory. (From the project’s statement)
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Graphics: Anas Al-Shaikh
Hassan Al-Haiki
Part of the project “Greeting”, 8 May 2009, Al Budaiya Village, Bahrain
Hassan Al-Haiki asked some boys from Al Budaiya Village to collaborate with him, by painting the flag of Palestine, nailing it, and writing messages on its backside.
© Photos: Faisal Khalaf
Sayed Adnan Jalal
Hooriya Mansoor
Project: The Manipulation Systems
Hassan Al-Haiki, Sayed Adnan Jalal, Zahra Khamis, Hooriya Mansoor, Anas Al-Shaikh, Shatha Al-Wadi
Participants: Hassan Al-Haiki, Sayed Adnan Jalal, Zahra Khamis, Hooriya Mansoor, Anas Al-Shaikh, Shatha Al-Wadi.
5 June 2009, Manama
…There is not any large distance or difference today between reality and virtual reality, nor between natural and hybrid. Even contemporary technology, especially in the field of genetic engineering is capable in the absence of an ethical dimension, values and consciousness, not only of cloning, genetic modification of organisms, but also of finding new origins by means of manipulating codes and DNA fingerprinting and creating new hybrid organisms which had no precedent forms, and hence they are capable of creating new and dangerous reality in our life. (From the project’s statement)
© Photo: Faisal Khalaf
