ES E2: Perspective Negotiations with Fatema, Zuhoor & Hessa (Evaporating Suns Special Season)

The second episode of the special season of Khosh Bosh with Anita explores the subtheme Perspective Negotiations from the Evaporating Suns exhibition. I am joined by artists Fatema Al Fardan and Zuhoor Al Sayegh, as well as my co-host for this episode, Hessa Al Nuaimi. Tune in to hear more about their commissioned work for this exhibition, Umm Al Khathar wa Al Leaf, and their research over the last two years including date-farm site visits and their collaborative writing practices, as well as the start of their creative relationship during their time as SEAF fellows.

Fatema Al Fardan and Zuhoor Al Sayegh are interdisciplinary artists from Abu Dhabi. Al Sayegh explores indigenous textile practices and decolonization. Al Fardan explores intersections of femininity within contemporary culture. They have exhibited at various venues in the UAE and abroad and were awarded the Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artists Fellowship. The artists have worked collaboratively for the past year studying date palms.

Hessa Al Nuaimi graduated from NYU Abu Dhabi with a BA in Art and Art History and is a researcher and curator. Al Nuaimi focused her thesis on the history of The Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, from 1981 to 2008, highlighting this space as a pioneer of culture. This research further anchored Al Nuaimi’s curatorial practice which highlights the importance of local voices in community-led spaces, accessibility, and education.

This special season of Khosh Bosh consists of four hour-long episodes that discuss the works from the exhibition, Evaporating Suns, in-depth with the artists and curators, as well as a myth library that showcases the different myths that the the KBH.G and Dirwaza teams grew up hearing. The thirteen artists showcased in this exhibition are Maitha Abdalla, Mays Albaik, Fatema Al Fardan, Moza Al Matrooshi, Abdullah Alothman, Farah Al Qasimi, Mashael Alsaie, Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Asma Belhamar, Alaa Edris, Saif Mhaisen, Fatima Uzdenova, and Bu Yousuf. The exhibition is presented by KBH.G in Basel, Switzerland and is curated by Dirwaza Curatorial Lab with the support of Verena Formanek.

Season sponsored by Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger Foundation and the Foundry in Downtown Dubai.

Music by Ronald Ekore.