Posts Tagged ‘khalil rabah’
December 23, 2011
In Ramallah, Running due Feb. 28th 2012
Gertrude Stein didn’t think much of commas, you remember? I think a lot of Gertrude’s work and Gertrude herself, as Fruit Store regulars will know, but disagree with her about the comma.
Commas break-up, complicate, deepen, add dimension to statements and any prose that takes ‘sense’ for granted. They elucidate, make-difficult, render actual complexity. The comma in In Ramallah, Running does these and many other things for me…
Above is a graphic rendering of a tiny part of the cover-image of the book [actual cover image coming soon], in which the sticking-out comma sticks out!
Commas are inconvenient, never quite fit, force you to notice that which you might not, condense and disrupt [presumed, heh Adania?] sense, etc. They are abyss and peak, add crucial [a]rhythms and make for the elliptical.
Writing without these things is almost literally nothing…
Tags:adania shibli, artschool palestine, black dog, emily jacir, francis alys, gertrude stein, guy mannes-abbott, in ramallah running, jananne al-ani, jean fisher, khalil rabah, mark titchner, najwan darwish, olaf nicolai, paul noble, samar martha, sharif waked, sharjah art foundation
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July 13, 2011
‘In Ramallah, Running 2010′ by Guy Mannes-Abbott
Manuscript in first draft, 5 of 14 scrolls/parts
In Ramallah, Running is now contracted to appear in February/March 2012 with the smart and supportive Black Dog Publishing, more details/announcements to follow.
I’m very happy because the book was conceived and developed independently and will appear within the kind of urgent time frame that is appropriate to its subject and hard to achieve without compromise -or at all. I finished my 20,000 word series of e.things -a unique conjuring of place as well as the people of Ramallah and almost the whole open-air camp that is Ramallah District- in mid-September 2010 [after my Residency at al Qattan Foundation in Ramallah]. The series is made up of fourteen parts, alternating running within the limits of the city and walking out from it to, along, beyond and off limits, discovering how mobile they are. How they really work.
e.things as a form were crucial to this project because they’re the only way I could say what needed to be said. Often exhibited or published in a visual art context [with the best visual minds of my generation!], they’ve grown into a highly singular body of texts; the shortest of which is a single line called ‘go’ from 1997, the longest is this series; In Ramallah, Running. (more…)
Tags:adania shibli, al qattan, artschoolpalestine, black dog publishing, e.things, emily jacir, francis alys, guy mannes-abbott, in ramallah running, jananne al-ani, jean fisher, khalil rabah, mark titchner, najwan darwish, olaf nicolai, palestine, paul noble, ramallah, samar martha
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April 1, 2011
click IMAGE to link to notes from a biennial – on reflection
Notes from a Biennial – On Reflection
by Guy Mannes-Abbott
The opening week of this year’s Biennial was very intense; promising and delivering much. I’m glad I had early access to it all, could play that off repeated circuits and discrete returns, along with mini wanders with various artists and writers, old and new friends, listen to other’s highlights, tips, and ‘zoom’ in and out of the city, region and world in the process.
I was invited as a writer to write critically and I would fail the Biennial as much as myself if I did otherwise. I’m a demanding judge or at least have very high thresholds and am not biddable! Yet Sharjah Biennial 10 has been a triumph for all those involved. It took big risks (more…)
Tags:adel abidin, aisha khalid, ashok sukumaran, CAMP, emily jacir, guy mannes-abbott, imran qureshi, indian ocean world, jumana emil abboud, khalil rabah, shaina anand, sharjah biennial 10, shumon basar eyal weizman jane & louise wilson, their dreams, walid raad, www.sharjahart.org/blog
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March 30, 2011
click IMAGE to link to notes from a biennial – on presence
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Tags:guy mannes-abbott, nakba, walid raad, sharjah biennial 10, hans haacke, khalil rabah, rosalind nashashibi, emily jacir, lydda airport, shelter for a new youth, shohreh mehran, trisha donnelly, caligraphie, amelia earhart, salim tamari, rokni haerizadeh, ramin haerizadeh, please beware of this artist, scratching on things i could disavow
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March 24, 2011
click IMAGE to link to notes from a biennial – on archivism
Tags:art exhibition, bidoun, bouchra khalili, drawing space, edward said, green cardamom, guy mannes-abbott, hammad nasar, indian ocean world, khalil rabah, manual for treason, march meeting, naeem mohaiemen, nasreen mohamedi, notes on indian modernism pt 1, ramallah, readymade representations, rosalind nashashibi, sharjah biennial 10, shelter for a new youth, suman gopinath, the mapping journey project, zahoor ul akhlaq
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March 22, 2011
click HERE to link to notes from a biennial – day one part 2
Tags:apichatpong weerasethakul, art exhibition: readymade representations 1954-2009, CAMP, dan brault, doug ashford, emily jacir, eyal weizman, Face Scripting: What Did the Building See?, guy mannes-abbott, hans haacke, index XXVI: artists, jane & louise wilson, jumana emil abboud, khalid hourani, khalil rabah, lydda airport, Mahmoud al-Mahbouh, sharjah biennial 10, shumon basar, walid raad, yta barrada
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March 10, 2011
I’m abandoning the Fruit Store for the [warmer] Biennial, where I’m invited to be art critic in residence during a genuinely exciting opening week. Check the contents of it on the Biennial’s webpage.
My project is to restage Notes from a Fruit Store for the opening week and you’ll find the button -Notes from a Biennial- on Sharjah’s header very soon. For highlights and much more check here from about the 12th March through the 20th. For my part, I can’t wait…
Tags:aisha khalid, alfred jaar, CAMP, emily jacir, eyal weizman, guy mannes-abbott, hans haacke, http://www.sharjahart.org/, imran qureshi, jane and louise wilson, khalid hourani, khalil rabah, luc sante, march meeting, naeem mohaiemen, notes from a biennial, notes from a fruit store, rosalind nashashibi, sharjah art foundation, sharjah biennial 10, yazan khalili, yusef lateef
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