Exhibition and Event.
Love | Labour | Leisure is an interdisciplinary project that delves into the ethos of migrant communities in the UAE by reflecting on context, capital and cultural life. Through the lenses of art, performance and music, alternate ways of looking and mapping are presented, from wide-ranging aerial views to forensic, facial close-ups.
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Artists: Amirah Tajdid, Anahita Razmi, Augustine Paredes, Eisa Jocson, Mohamed Somji, Saba Qizilbash, Riyas Komu, Vikram Divecha.
Curated by Nadine Khalil and Fareed Majari. Music program courtesy of Nadia Says, Mehdi Ansari.
Musicians: Bana Haffar, Rasha Nahas, Mentrix, The Finches, Wizzy, WYWY, Zazuka.
6:00pm Exhibition, reception, mingling
7:00pm Welcome and introduction
7:15 - 8:00pm Open channels/restrictive paths: socially engaged art and migratory patterns between
the UAE and South Asia
8:00 – 8:45pm Stepping Out from the Shadows – Performing Cultures in the UAE’s Public Spaces
9:00 – 9:30pm New Silk Road Patterns
9:30 – 10:00pm Negotiating Liberation
10:00 – 11:00pm WYWY