Artist-filmmaker Beverley Bennett is looking for 8 participants to take part in her ongoing research project Simon Says/Dadda, which is working towards the production of a new artist film of the same name. The participants will take part in a weekend of workshops on 3-4 August with Beverley, who invites women of colour to share… Continue reading Open Call: Simon Says/Dadda by Beverley Bennett
Month: May 2019
Fragments from a Shared Archive
Inspired by Akram Zaatari’s exhibition The Script, Activating our Archives is a group project led by artist Sunil Shah which uses photography and curation to bring together a community of people from across Oxford to build an online archive of images that reflect on and explore their own lives. This video below displays a selection… Continue reading Fragments from a Shared Archive
Three fascinating things about Akram Zaatari
Alongside Akram Zaatari’s exhibition at Modern Art Oxford The Script, here are three interesting facts about the renowned Lebanese filmmaker, photographer, archival artist and curator. He has helped to collect and archive the history of Arabic photographyIn 1997 Akram Zaatari co-founded the Arab Image Foundation with Lebanese photographers Fouad Elkoury and Samer Mohdad. This artist-led organisation is based in Beirut, and has… Continue reading Three fascinating things about Akram Zaatari