Biennial Bytes
by Sharjah Art Foundation
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EP15: Sakiya (Nida Sinnokrot and Sahar Qawasmi) x Natasha Ginwala
EP15: Sakiya (Nida Sinnokrot and Sahar Qawasmi) x Natasha Ginwala
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Biennial Bytes is the official podcast of Sharjah Biennial.
Bringing the Biennial to life for culture enthusiasts around the world, the podcast delves into the work of some of the most prominent artists practising today.
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Episodes
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- EP15: Sakiya (Nida Sinnokrot and Sahar Qawasmi) x Natasha Ginwala · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 15Artists Nida Sinnokrot and Sahar Qawasmi of the collective Sakiya talk to Natasha Ginwala about their participatory ecological practice based in Ein Qiniya, a village near…
- EP14: Kapulani Landgraf x Megan Tamati-Quennell · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 14Kapulani Landgraf is a Kānaka Maoli artist from Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu. In this episode, she speaks about the responsibility to engage in creative forms of resistance…
- EP13: Mahmoud Khaled x Zeynep Öz · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 13In a wide-ranging conversation with Zeynep Öz, artist Mahmoud Khaled reflects on artistic solitude, futurity and ceremonies that accompany the unveiling of mega architectural…
- EP12: Adelita Husni-Bey x Amal Khalaf · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 12Amal Khalaf and Adelita Husni-Bey discuss climate crisis, critical pedagogy and what it means to learn with one’s body. Together they reflect on Husni-Bey's SB16 projects—the…
- EP11: Pratchaya Phinthong x Alia Swastika · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 11Artist Pratchaya Phinthong speaks to Alia Swastika about his interest in mitigating the impact of the global climate crisis and the generative possibilities of research-based…
- EP10: Naeem Mohaiemen x Natasha Ginwala · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 10Natasha Ginwala speaks with filmmaker Naeem Mohaiemen about themes such as death, displacement and cinematic time. Mohaiemen discusses his multilayered practice across…
- EP09: Ana Iti x Megan Tamati-Quennell · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 9Megan Tamati-Quennell speaks with Māori artist Ana Iti about the environments, sites and structures—such as Hokianga, the artist’s tribal landscape—evoked in her sonic and…
- EP08: Hellen Ascoli x Zeynep Öz · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 8Zeynep Öz, along with artist, educator and weaver Hellen Ascoli, delves into the textile traditions of Guatemala. They discuss Ascoli’s contributions to SB16 — a combination of…
- EP07: Stephanie Comilang x Amal Khalaf · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 7Amal Khalaf and Stephanie Comilang discuss her SB16 film installation 'Search for Life II', investigating socio-cultural and technological influences on migration, labour and…
- EP06: Citra Sasmita x Alia Swastika · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 6Alia Swastika and Citra Sasmita talk about her collaboration with Kamasan maestra Mangku Muriati for their SB16 project 'Timur Merah Project XV: Poetry of the Sea,Vow of the Sun'…
- EP05: Singing Wells x Natasha Ginwala · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 5Natasha Ginwala and Tabu Osusa, Nairobi-based producer, composer and founder of Singing Wells, dive into the group’s decolonial mission to platform and preserve East African…
- EP04: Yhonnie Scarce x Megan Tamati-Quennell · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 4Megan Tamati-Quennell and artist Yhonnie Scarce shed light on the historical context of nuclear testing on Aboriginal lands in Australia. Her installation 'Orford Ness' (2022)…
- EP03: Joe Namy x Zeynep Öz · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 3Zeynep Öz speaks with artist, composer and educator Joe Namy about his sound installations that use samples from loud sound systems in cars, glitchy computer-generated noises and…
- EP01: Hoor Al Qasimi x Sharjah Biennial 16 curators · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 1Biennial Bytes Season 2 kicks off with a roundtable between the five curators of Sharjah Biennial 16: Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Natasha Ginwala and…
- EP02: Bint Mbareh x Amal Khalaf · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 2Amal Khalaf speaks with artist and sound researcher Bint Mbareh about her work around songs of resistance in relation to land and water sovereignty in Palestine. Learn more about…
- Stay tuned for Season 2! · 1 min · Season 2What does it mean to carry? What does it entail to carry a home, ancestors and political formations with you? How do themes of care, grief, history and memory speak to the times…
- Ep 12: Amar Kanwar — Narrative and Evidence · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 12What are the ways through which cinema can seek the truth and respond to the times? In a world where evidence has ceased to matter, what is the role of the documentary? To find…
- Ep 11: Abdulrahim Salem — Tradition and Community · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 11How can artistic techniques capture invisible phenomena such as movement and magic? What are the ways in which can traditional practices be reinterpreted within contemporary art?…
- Ep 10: Mithu Sen — Gender and Glitch · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 10How can the distortion of language resist oppressive power structures? In what ways can depicting the body reveal and defy social strictures? To find out, listen to Mithu Sen in…
- Ep 9: Annalee Davis — Planting and Recovering · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 9How can gardens become spaces for healing and community? Can plantations become sites for challenging exploitation and the vestiges of colonialism? To find out, listen to Annalee…
