DOHA, Qatar, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Qatar Museums
today opened Your Ghosts Are Mine, Expanded Cinemas, Amplified
Voices, a major exhibition coinciding with the 60th
International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, bringing
together works by filmmakers and video artists from the
Middle East, Africa and Asia. On view at ACP Palazzo Franchetti
(through 24 November), the exhibition presents a journey in moving
images through contemporary experiences of community life and
memory, transnational crossings and exile.
Your Ghosts Are Mine is produced by Qatar Museums and
co-organised by Doha Film Institute, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern
Art and the future Art Mill Museum in collaboration with ACP Art
Capital Partners and with support from Media City Qatar. It is
curated by Matthieu Orléan with Majid
Al-Remaihi and Virgile
Alexandre, with exhibition design by Federico Martelli and Clément Périssé. The
advisory committee includes Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Zeina Arida and Catherine Grenier. Project management is by
Minas Stratigos and Khalifa Al Thani
is the Exhibition Manager.
The exhibition explores themes such as deserts, ruins, borders,
exile and women's voices through films supported by Doha Film
Institute and video works from Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
and the future Art Mill Museum.
The works span fiction, documentary, animation and memoir.
Included are excerpts from works by over 40 artists including
Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco),
Jessica Beshir (Ethiopia), Ali
Cherri (Lebanon), Tala
Hadid (Morroco), Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon), Khalil Joreige (Lebanon), Soudade Kaadan (Syria), Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Lesotho), Asmae El Moudir (Morocco), Amal
Al-Muftah (Qatar),
Shirin Neshat (Iran), Larissa
Sansour (Palestine), Abderrhamane Sissako (Mauritania), Elia
Suleiman (Palestine), Ramata-Toulaye Sy (Senegal), Tariq Teguia (Algeria), Shaima Al
Tamini (Yemen), plus works
by Wael Shawky, Lida Abdul, Hassan
Khan and Sophia Al Maria.
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Chairperson of Qatar
Museums and Doha Film Institute, said, "Your Ghosts Are Mine
will open the eyes of international viewers to the ideas, feelings,
and artistic visions of today's filmmakers from the Arab world and
neighbouring regions. With this exhibition, Qatar Museums advances
its mission of encouraging understanding across borders, while Doha
Film Institute continues to nurture rising talents of our region."
A schedule of film screenings accompanying the exhibition is
available here.
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