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Charlotte Bank's Groups
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FORM - Found Object & Repurposed Materials Art
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Contemporary Syria
(3 members)
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ARAB & AFRICAN ARTISTS
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Palestinian Art
(12 members)
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arabian art
(43 members)
Charlotte Bank
Profile Information
- Website
- http://www.zakharif.eu
- College / University
- Heidelberg; Copenhagen
- Program
- M.A. Near Eastern archaeology, Art history; B.A. in Arabic and Islamic studies
- Member type
- Artist, Curator
- If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?
- Photography, Video
- I am...
- an independent researcher, curator and writer. With a basis in Near Eastern archaeology and art history, my main field of interest these days is contemporary cultural and artistic practice in the Arab world and its Diaspora, especially but not exclusively film, video and photography.
My background is international with a childhood and youth spent between several European countries and my present life spent for a great part on the move. This life between countries and cultures has made me very much aware of how useless any assertions of superiority, whether national or cultural are.
The fragility of human existence is a central aspect in my projects as is the hybridity of contemporary urban culture. I try to explore and analyze the concequences of globalization, colonialism, immigration, exile and alienation. But also the chances offered by greater mobility and connectedness.
In many of my projects there is a certain twist. I seek to challenge people's ideas about the world and invite them to reflect on their own prejudices. So the dismantling of stereotypes is another strong focus of my work.
I live between Berlin, Damascus and Beirut, but work in many different countries.
- Interests
- Film and photography, philosophy, books and music, contemporary and ethnic dance, online communities, interculturalism, hybrid urban culture
- What exhibitions are good at the moment?
- I was much impressed by Mahrem at Tanas, Berlin and the Moscow conceptualists in Frankfurt this summer. Favorites right now are "In the Desert of Modernity", House of World Cultures, Berlin and "Paper Fashion" at MUDAM, Luxembourg
- Centre of the artworld:
- Berlin, online, nowhere and everywhere, another city
Ongoing projects:
A close look at a global dance and music phenomenon in urban youth culture.
Investigating human interaction with urban spaces in the Old City of Damascus.
For more infos on events and projects, please visit my website
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Or click on http://medien.akbild.ac.at/susi/DrawingcompetitionEnglish.pdf for the direct download of the call for proposals.
Thanks for your time! All the best, Susi
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video-audio-matter installations, deal with sober escapism within the entrapped mental territory and a crazed geographic locus -Israel. I believe you'll find 'The Code' film and 'Valeriana' installation close to your spirit. Best wishes.
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You sound very interesting,
Good luck.
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