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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
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Right to Live
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
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photography
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Daily Images of Chaotic Events 10, by <a href="https://theamplificationproject.com/items/browse?search=Nagy&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&geolocation-mapped=&geolocation-address=&geolocation-latitude=&geolocation-longitude=&geolocation-radius=10&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&sort_dir=d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ahmed Nagy</a> (Egypt)
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<a href="https://theamplificationproject.com/items/browse?search=Nagy&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bjoiner%5D=and&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&geolocation-mapped=&geolocation-address=&geolocation-latitude=&geolocation-longitude=&geolocation-radius=10&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&sort_dir=d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)</a>
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
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2011
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Photo Was Made With A Cell Phone During The Egyptian Revolution In 2011, In Taher Square, Cairo Egypt
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jpeg., 12 x 16
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Ahmed Nagy’s series, Daily Images of Chaotic Events, was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
The series is based on pictures Nagy took with a cell phone, in the street during the Egyptian revolution. Daily Images of Chaotic Events is a cell phone capturing the Egyptian revolution. “I utilize what was happening in Egypt, and apply it as a formula to make artworks. In Egypt, what happened was fighting in the street. Through my artwork, I don’t have political say. The art itself is a great political action. When I am inspired by the streets I create something new," says Nagy.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), this series of photos depicts the view from the window of a young couple’s apartment during war. Much like Nagy, the couple in Mitli Mitlak are poetic young artists who apply their own experiences during the war in the hopes that their art will enable truth to shine through the cracks of every day chaotic reality:
Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
Carlos: as the disappearance of reality...when there is no ruling body...the disappearance of our objectified self because ...the nonexistent social field. Our subjectivity is all there is...We collide in time. A deep meaning can arise when society is broken by war.
Ruba: (singing) Reality is not functioning. There is no social field. Watermoon. Thoughts in silence. Ideas of collective memories, global thinking overviews. Points of view. Watermoon. In my mind..on opaque screen...horizontality explained by the sea; writing on the water. In my dream, the sky is lit, the meaning of being..what is it?! Creation and destruction hand in hand. Watermoon. The Theory of Chaos, How to become the butterfly of yourself?
Ahmed Nagy
Biba Sheikh
Egyptian Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
Right to Live
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Mandala Project Venice: We Are Humanity, by <a href="https://theamplificationproject.com/search?query=lilli+muller&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=File&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&record_types%5B%5D=SimplePagesPage&submit_search=Search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lilli Muller (Italy)</a>
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<a href="https://theamplificationproject.com/search?query=lilli+muller&query_type=keyword&record_types%5B%5D=Item&record_types%5B%5D=File&record_types%5B%5D=Collection&record_types%5B%5D=SimplePagesPage&submit_search=Search">Lilli Muller</a>
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Sea-eye.org (video)
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Image of Mandala Project Venice: We Are Humanity, an immersive installation, works on paper, and videos of the Mandala Project Series.
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2019
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Venice / Italy, during the Venice Biennale 2019
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©2020Lilli Muller. All Rights Reserved
Displacements
Human Rights
Humanity
Refugee
Refugees
We are Humanity
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Ashrama - What is your refuge?, by Aashray Harishankar (USA)
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Aashray Harishankar
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Director / Organizer - Aashray Harishankar
Tapestry Design - Pablo de Larrañaga Aramoni
Centerpiece Design - Charlie Jacobs
Scenic Design - Teresa Piecuch
Scenic Design - Askia Vargas-Toure
Lighting Design - Alejandro Melendez
Choreography - Livya Howard-Yashar
Film - Nehemiah Luciano Stark, Irene Gil Ramon, Lara Kurdoglu, Manuel Inacker
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Aashray Harishankar is a composer, audio engineer, creative director, and keyboardist with musical foundations in Carnatic (South Indian classical) keyboard, media scoring, and electronic music production. With a BA in Music & Technology from Stevens Institute of Technology, and an MFA in Music Performance & Composition at California Institute of the Arts, Aashray has focused his pursuits in the art of sonic exploration and innovation in immersive audiovisual experiences. He has established himself as a pioneer of such technology as the ROLI Seaboard (a keyless keyboard), and has collaborated on a wide variety of works in film, television, animation, dance, music, and art installation. Spurred by his diverse background in the arts and technology, Aashray envisions future projects that will bring together artists and scientists alike to tackle solutions to real-world problems through a combination of creative and technical thinking.
His newest project, “Ashrama”, is an immersive installation piece that explores the idea of refuge and the basic need of all humans to be sheltered and cared for. It explores refuge as it exists in our environment, in people, nature, things, ideas, music, dance, technology, etc. The project explores both the physical and mental need for comfort and shelter from the chaos of the world around us, and aims to open our eyes, ears, hearts, minds, and bodies to the lives of others, to their struggles and refuges. “Ashrama” eventually intends to deliver tangible change to those who are without refuge, whether physical or mental. It aims to not only bring awareness but to support those who are literally or emotionally unhoused, to give them a refuge to re-balance and revitalize their life energy.
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"Ashrama" is an immersive, multi-disciplinary installation exploring refuge in our daily lives. Through collaboration on immersive surround soundscapes, video, projections, light, art, environment design, sound stories, writing, and many other forms of expression, Aashray connects the varying perspectives on life through a shared desire and need for comfort and security. This video documents the first iteration of "Ashrama", presented at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles, CA.
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4/30/2022
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YouTube Video
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BB3 Soundstage, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA, 4/29/22 - 5/1/22
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Installation Documentation
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Aashray Harishankar
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Ashrama
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English
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Refuge, Installation, Art, CalArts, Sound Art, Tapestry, Projection Art
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
Description
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
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Right to Live
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
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Rights remain with the artists.
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
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Mixed Media
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Nothing is True, Everything Is Possible, by Abbas Yousif (Bahrain)
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Abbas Yousif
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
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2018
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Painting Was Made In The Artist's Resident Country Of Bahrain
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jpeg., 40 x 40 (inches)
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Rights Remain With Artist
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This work was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
This painting represents a scene in Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me). There is a mythical character called ‘Spirit Master’, who separates Ruba’s spirit from her lifeless body, and conducts a soul migration ceremony for her to go to the light in the ‘Out of Life’.
Abbas Yousif’s painting overlaps the below two sentences spoken by the Spirit Master, in painted Arabic letters:
Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), Act 1 Scene 4
Spirit Master: Nothing Is An Act, But Nothing Is The Truth, Except What Comes After Death. There Is No Such Thing As Facts. Nothing Is True, Everything Is Possible.
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Abbas Yousif’s multimedia works are made from calligraphy and Arabic alphabet. The Arabic letters are charged with explosive graphic symbols, which are like “spells” and aesthetically abstract. He applies different colors, printing techniques, collage, pastes, huge canvas, zinc etching on zinc, copper and silkscreen in his process.
Arab Art
Bahrain Art
Biba Sheikh
Contemporary Art
Habibah Sheikh
Jordanian Art
Mediterranean Art
Mitli Mitlak
Multimedia
Painting
Right to Live
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
Description
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
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Right to Live
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
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Rights remain with the artists.
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
Still Image
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Original Format
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Mixed Media
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The Soul Of Light, by Abbas Yousif (Bahrain)
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Abbas Yousif (Bahrain)
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
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2018
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Painting Was Made In The Artist's Resident Country Of Bahrain
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jpeg 40 x 40
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Rights Remain With Artist
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The Soul of Light was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
This painting represents a scene in Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me). There is a mythical character called ‘Spirit Master’, who separates Ruba’s spirit from her lifeless body, and conducts a soul migration ceremony for her to go to the light in the ‘Out of Life’. Abbas Yousif’s painting overlaps the below two sentences spoken by the Spirit Master, in painted Arabic letters:
Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), Act 1 Scene 4
Spirit Master: “The Darkness Of These Waters Shall Be Cast With A Light.
I Come To Bless The Soul Of Light.”
Abbas Yousif’s multimedia works are made from calligraphy and the Arabic alphabet. The Arabic letters are charged with explosive graphic symbols, which are like “spells” and aesthetically abstract. He applies different colors, printing techniques, collage, pastes, huge canvas, zinc etching on zinc, copper, and silkscreen in his process.
Abbas Yousif
Ahmed Nagy
Arab Art
Bahrain Art
Biba Sheikh
Contemporary Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
Right to Live
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
Description
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
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Right to Live
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
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photography
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Daily Images Of Chaotic Events, by Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Ahmed Nagy
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
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2018
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Photo Was Made In The Artist's Homeland of Cairo Egypt
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Ahmed Nagy’s series, Daily Images of Chaotic Events, was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
The series is based on pictures Nagy took with a cell phone, in the street during the Egyptian revolution. Daily Images of Chaotic Events is a cell phone capturing the Egyptian revolution. “I utilize what was happening in Egypt, and apply it as a formula to make artworks. In Egypt, what happened was fighting in the street. Through my artwork, I don’t have political say. The art itself is a great political action. When I am inspired by the streets I create something new," says Nagy.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), this series of photos depicts the view from the window of a young couple’s apartment during war. Much like Nagy, the couple in Mitli Mitlak are poetic young artists who apply their own experiences during the war in the hopes that their art will enable truth to shine through the cracks of every day chaotic reality:
Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
Carlos: as the disappearance of reality...when there is no ruling body...the disappearance of our objectified self because ...the nonexistent social field. Our subjectivity is all there is...We collide in time. A deep meaning can arise when society is broken by war.
Ruba: (singing) Reality is not functioning. There is no social field. Watermoon. Thoughts in silence. Ideas of collective memories, global thinking overviews. Points of view. Watermoon. In my mind..on opaque screen...horizontality explained by the sea; writing on the water. In my dream, the sky is lit, the meaning of being..what is it?! Creation and destruction hand in hand. Watermoon. The Theory of Chaos, How to become the butterfly of yourself?
Arab Art
Contemporary Art
Egyptian Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
Description
An account of the resource
Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
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Right to Live
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
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Daily Images of Chaotic Events 2, by Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
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2011
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Photos Were Initially Taken During The Egyptian Revolution, In Taher Square, Cairo Egypt
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Description
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Ahmed Nagy’s series, Daily Images of Chaotic Events, was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
The series is based on pictures Nagy took with a cell phone, in the street during the Egyptian revolution. Daily Images of Chaotic Events is a cell phone capturing the Egyptian revolution. “I utilize what was happening in Egypt, and apply it as a formula to make artworks. In Egypt, what happened was fighting in the street. Through my artwork, I don’t have political say. The art itself is a great political action. When I am inspired by the streets I create something new," says Nagy.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), this series of photos depicts the view from the window of a young couple’s apartment during war. Much like Nagy, the couple in Mitli Mitlak are poetic young artists who apply their own experiences during the war in the hopes that their art will enable truth to shine through the cracks of every day chaotic reality:
Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
Carlos: as the disappearance of reality...when there is no ruling body...the disappearance of our objectified self because ...the nonexistent social field. Our subjectivity is all there is...We collide in time. A deep meaning can arise when society is broken by war.
Ruba: (singing) Reality is not functioning. There is no social field. Watermoon. Thoughts in silence. Ideas of collective memories, global thinking overviews. Points of view. Watermoon. In my mind..on opaque screen...horizontality explained by the sea; writing on the water. In my dream, the sky is lit, the meaning of being..what is it?! Creation and destruction hand in hand. Watermoon. The Theory of Chaos, How to become the butterfly of yourself?
Ahmed Nagy
Biba Sheikh
Egyptian Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
Right to Live
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
Description
An account of the resource
Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
Relation
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Right to Live
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
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Rights remain with the artists.
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
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photography
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Daily Images of Chaotic Events 3, by Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
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2011
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Photo Series Was Made With A Cell Phone During The Egyptian Revolution, Taher Square, Cairo Egypt
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jpeg., 12 x 16
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Description
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Ahmed Nagy’s series, Daily Images of Chaotic Events, was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
The series is based on pictures Nagy took with a cell phone, in the street during the Egyptian revolution. Daily Images of Chaotic Events is a cell phone capturing the Egyptian revolution. “I utilize what was happening in Egypt, and apply it as a formula to make artworks. In Egypt, what happened was fighting in the street. Through my artwork, I don’t have political say. The art itself is a great political action. When I am inspired by the streets I create something new," says Nagy.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), this series of photos depicts the view from the window of a young couple’s apartment during war. Much like Nagy, the couple in Mitli Mitlak are poetic young artists who apply their own experiences during the war in the hopes that their art will enable truth to shine through the cracks of every day chaotic reality:
Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
Carlos: as the disappearance of reality...when there is no ruling body...the disappearance of our objectified self because ...the nonexistent social field. Our subjectivity is all there is...We collide in time. A deep meaning can arise when society is broken by war.
Ruba: (singing) Reality is not functioning. There is no social field. Watermoon. Thoughts in silence. Ideas of collective memories, global thinking overviews. Points of view. Watermoon. In my mind..on opaque screen...horizontality explained by the sea; writing on the water. In my dream, the sky is lit, the meaning of being..what is it?! Creation and destruction hand in hand. Watermoon. The Theory of Chaos, How to become the butterfly of yourself?
Ahmed Nagy
Biba Sheikh
Egyptian Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
Right to Live
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
Date
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2018-2020
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
Description
An account of the resource
Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
Relation
A related resource
Right to Live
Type
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
Rights
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Rights remain with the artists.
Subject
The topic of the resource
Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
photography
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Title
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Daily Images of Chaotic Events 4, by Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
Contributor
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
Date
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2011
Coverage
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Photo Was Made With A Cell Phone, During The Egyptian Revolution in 2011, in Taher Square, Cairo Egypt
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jpeg., 12 x 16
Relation
A related resource
Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Ahmed Nagy, Photography, Egyptian art, Habibah Sheikh, Biba Sheikh, Right to Live, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), Like You, Like Me, Mediterranean Art, Mediterranean Fire
Description
An account of the resource
Ahmed Nagy’s series, Daily Images of Chaotic Events, was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
The series is based on pictures Nagy took with a cell phone, in the street during the Egyptian revolution. Daily Images of Chaotic Events is a cell phone capturing the Egyptian revolution. “I utilize what was happening in Egypt, and apply it as a formula to make artworks. In Egypt, what happened was fighting in the street. Through my artwork, I don’t have political say. The art itself is a great political action. When I am inspired by the streets I create something new," says Nagy.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), this series of photos depicts the view from the window of a young couple’s apartment during war. Much like Nagy, the couple in Mitli Mitlak are poetic young artists who apply their own experiences during the war in the hopes that their art will enable truth to shine through the cracks of every day chaotic reality:
Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
Carlos: as the disappearance of reality...when there is no ruling body...the disappearance of our objectified self because ...the nonexistent social field. Our subjectivity is all there is...We collide in time. A deep meaning can arise when society is broken by war.
Ruba: (singing) Reality is not functioning. There is no social field. Watermoon. Thoughts in silence. Ideas of collective memories, global thinking overviews. Points of view. Watermoon. In my mind..on opaque screen...horizontality explained by the sea; writing on the water. In my dream, the sky is lit, the meaning of being..what is it?! Creation and destruction hand in hand. Watermoon. The Theory of Chaos, How to become the butterfly of yourself?
Ahmed Nagy
Biba Sheikh
Egyptian Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
Right to Live
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) Exhibition
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Habibah (Biba) Sheikh (project director, writer, curator, producer, activist) <br /><br /><strong>Visual Artists</strong> <br />Hani Alqam (Jordan) <br />Hassan Al Meer (Oman) <br />Wael Darweish (Egypt) <br />Mohammad El Howajri (Palestine) <br />Sinan Hussein (Iraq) <br />Thameur Mejri (Tunisia) <br />May Murad (Palestine) <br />Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) <br />Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece) <br />Habibah Sheikh (U.S.A/Lebanon) <br />Klaudja Sulaj (Albania) <br />Basel Uraiqat (Jordan) <br />Abbas Yousif (Bahrain) <br /><br /><strong>Photographer</strong> <br />Andrea Rude
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2018-2020
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Jordan<br />Oman <br />Egypt<br />Palestine <br />Iraq<br />Tunisia<br />Palestine <br />Egypt <br />Greece <br />Lebanon <br />Albania <br />Jordan <br />Bahrain
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me) is a visual and literary exhibition about Islamic Internal Reflections in a Modern World. It is a culmination of writer, performer, director, and curator Habibah (Biba) Sheikh’s collaborations with thirteen Mediterranean and Arab-world artists, many of whom are refugees. As a collective, they created a body of work that weaves her poetic theatre texts, shared immigrant experiences, and testimonies about their communities and neighboring countries into visual works of art. Collectively, they illuminate stories of indignation, systemic discouragement, human trafficking, gender biases, exodus, and survival of life as human flotsam in an ever-changing, turbulent political ocean. Together with Sheikh, the artists are discussing Refugees, America, and Cultural Hybrid Theories.
Besides Sheikh, the artists comprising the collective, many of whom are current residents of occupied territories and refugee camps, include: Hani Alqam (Jordan), Thameur Mejri (Tunisia), Sinan Hussein (Iraq), Taghlib Oweis (Jordan), Wael Darweish (Egypt), Ahmed Nagy (Egypt), Klaudja Sulaj (Albania), Lucas Paleocrassas (Greece), Abbas Yousif (Bahrain), Basel Uraiqat (Jordan), Mohammed Al Hawajri (Palestine), Haitham Khatib (Syria), May Murad (Palestine), Hassan Meer (Oman).
These specific artists, working in different mediums and different countries, are connected through a common literary narrative, but each depicts their varied experiences and identities in distinctive ways, styles, and mediums. Ultimately, these works symbolize a celebration of survival and perseverance, of community, and of culture, and witness how the artists' situations reverberate with refugees worldwide.
Touring Exhibitions 2018-2020
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Peeler Art Museum, Depauw, Indiana
Mitli Mitlak’s artworks were brought to life as a theater production, directed by Habibah Sheikh; Part 1 is titled "Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)," and Part 2 is titled "Right to Live."
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Right to Live
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Landscape paintings, abstract paintings, contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture, film, video, video portraits, mixed media
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Rights remain with the artists.
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Refugees, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Fire, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine, Greece, Lebanon, Albania, Bahrain
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photography
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Daily Images of Chaotic Events 5, by Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Ahmed Nagy (Egypt)
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Biba Sheikh, Literary Text, Curator
Date
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2011
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Photo Series Was Made During The Egyptian Revolution In 2011, In Taher Square, Cairo Egypt
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jpeg., 12 x 16
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Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
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English
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Rights Remain With Artist
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Ahmed Nagy’s series, Daily Images of Chaotic Events, was created in response to poetic theatre texts written by Habibah Sheikh, a nomadic performance artist originally from Lebanon, and the curator of the Mitli Mitlak exhibition. In the text, a character named Ruba experiences the destruction of war firsthand and becomes a refugee in the process.
The series is based on pictures Nagy took with a cell phone, in the street during the Egyptian revolution. Daily Images of Chaotic Events is a cell phone capturing the Egyptian revolution. “I utilize what was happening in Egypt, and apply it as a formula to make artworks. In Egypt, what happened was fighting in the street. Through my artwork, I don’t have political say. The art itself is a great political action. When I am inspired by the streets I create something new," says Nagy.
In Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me), this series of photos depicts the view from the window of a young couple’s apartment during war. Much like Nagy, the couple in Mitli Mitlak are poetic young artists who apply their own experiences during the war in the hopes that their art will enable truth to shine through the cracks of every day chaotic reality:
Act 1, Scene 2, Mitli Mitlak (Like You, Like Me)
Carlos: as the disappearance of reality...when there is no ruling body...the disappearance of our objectified self because ...the nonexistent social field. Our subjectivity is all there is...We collide in time. A deep meaning can arise when society is broken by war.
Ruba: (singing) Reality is not functioning. There is no social field. Watermoon. Thoughts in silence. Ideas of collective memories, global thinking overviews. Points of view. Watermoon. In my mind..on opaque screen...horizontality explained by the sea; writing on the water. In my dream, the sky is lit, the meaning of being..what is it?! Creation and destruction hand in hand. Watermoon. The Theory of Chaos, How to become the butterfly of yourself?
Ahmed Nagy
Biba Sheikh
Egyptian Art
Habibah Sheikh
Mediterranean Art
Mediterranean Fire
Mitli Mitlak
Photography
Right to Live
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