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Urok Shirhan. Photo credit Tim Bowditch. Courtesy Delfina Foundation, 2018.
Performance
Arabic Letter Seen Arabic Letter Wow
14 Sep 2021
Regular hours
- Tue, 14 Sep
- 08:00 – 09:30
Timezone: Europe/London
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- Language: English
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What does it mean to exist as an image, as something seen but never comprehended? What happens when a language is visible yet continually misread, or made illegible?
About
‘Arabic Letter Seen Arabic Letter Wow’ is a performative work that investigates the relationships between image, language, and power. Presenting a collection of found materials, Urok Shirhan speculates on practices that engage with Arabic through forms of Othering – as well as resistance. She explores the extent to which these practices amount to what she sees as ‘the slow violence of images’.
