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Lebanese artist, film producer Akram Zaatari to present next Wavelength talk
23 Jan 2021 - 9:49
The Peninsula
Aspiring visual artists and film makers across Qatar and elsewhere can mark their calendars for an exciting learning experience. Renowned Lebanese artist and film producer Akram Zaatari whom UK’s The Guardian newspaper referred to as “one of the foremost artists still living in the Arab region” will be the next presenter in the Wavelength lectures series, on Tuesday at 8pm Doha time. During the lecture a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), a Qatar Foundation partner university, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, and Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Contemporary Art Zaatari will discuss his major works of the last 15 years, addressing some of the crucial questions informing his approach to video, photography and the politics of documentary representation.
Left: Moon Minded the Sun Goes Farther (to the Daughters of Revolutions, Who Could Fly Between the Artibonite and the James River) by Firelei Báez. Right: Monica Rodriguez, Antilles for the Antilleans.
With its burst of blue sea spray and serene expression, the image of Yoruban water deity Yemoja stands in contrast to the glass and steel exterior of the Institute for Contemporary Art and its surrounding streetscape of red brick and asphalt.
The work of Dominican American artist Firelei Báez, the mural, titled “Moon Minded the Sun Goes Farther (to the Daughters of Revolutions, Who Could Fly Between the Artibonite and the James River),” superimposes the water spirit over old maps of Richmond and Philadelphia, as well as imagery from this year’s Black Lives Matter protests at the Lee monument. To Noah Simblist, the mural “signals simultaneously moments of transformation, but also a healing balm over the fires of discord.”