The fifth edition of Perform Sharjah considers how we move, remember, work and play through a curated season of performances. Treating the body as a site of artistic inquiry, the programme shifts fluidly between intimate reflection and collective experience. As such, this iteration includes performances by a diverse set of international artists who create spaces for both active participation and quiet observation.
More infoVantage Point 13 brings together newly commissioned works that reflect on the evolving possibilities of documentary photography. Developed through sustained curatorial dialogue with six artists across different geographies and contexts, the exhibition unfolds through a series of distinct yet interconnected approaches.
More infoComprising 165 photographs and archival documents from the collection of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, this exhibition serves as a starting point for research into how photography translates and interprets history.
More infoOur present is troubled by what remains of unlived pasts, of the defeated yet undead projects of a modernity premised on universal emancipation. Rather than passive and dormant, these remainders continue to animate the present with their restive rhythms, shaping the politics of time and space. Histories resurface and endure, not as pure recurrence but as residues and morphed processes actively informing the now. Grounded in this common theme, Sharjah Biennial 17: What remains, sits restive brings together two different approaches, each articulated by one of the two curators: Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento.
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