Creating Dangerously: A Postscript to Sharjah Biennial 14

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Creating Dangerously: A Postscript to Sharjah Biennial 14

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Creating Dangerously seeks to explore the various modes through which creativity and cultural production are enacted. Exploring the lines between the personal and the professional; the political and the social, this volume emerged from a series of collective conversations over the duration of Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber. This collection of essays, poems and thoughts is an extension of Omar Kholeif’s SB14 platforms, Making New Time and Create Dangerously.

Taking a cue from writers Albert Camus and Edwidge Danticat, Creating Dangerously reveals the power of a collective consciousness: what does it mean for artists and practitioners to gather as a collective force? How does one foster a social, political and economic infrastructure when it may seem to be lined up against you? How does one create spaces of solidarity in an era of fragmentation and diffusion? Creating Dangerously is a unique book coming together as one part theoretical reader and an intimate archival compilation by Kholeif which acts as a live retelling of the exhibition’s construction.

172 colour illustrations

Hardcover

352pages

Dimensions: 20 x 14.5 x 4.5 cm

ISBN: 9789948873716

Publisher: Sharjah Art Foundation

Published in 2021

Country of publication: United Arab Emirates

Weight: 1 kg

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Dr. Omar Kholeif is an author, curator, broadcaster, and the avatar of Dr. O – a polymath who lives in the metaverse. A leading commentator on art and digital culture, Kholeif is the author of dozens of books, which have sold more than 100,000 copies in English alone, curator of over sixty exhibitions, and founder of www.artpost21.com, which supports art and social justice in the age of the ‘meta’ metaverse. Kholeif is the Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE.

Sharjah Art Foundation hosts numerous activities and events throughout the year, from exhibitions featuring the work of Arab and international artists, live music and performances to film screenings and artist talks as well as extensive art education programmes for children, adults and families. Additionally, the Foundation has over the years published a range of books that include Sharjah Biennial and exhibition catalogues, books about the March Meetings and limited-edition artists' publications.

Dr. Omar Kholeif is an author, curator, broadcaster, and the avatar of Dr. O – a polymath who lives in the metaverse. A leading commentator on art and digital culture, Kholeif is the author of dozens of books, which have sold more than 100,000 copies in English alone, curator of over sixty exhibitions, and founder of www.artpost21.com, which supports art and social justice in the age of the ‘meta’ metaverse. Kholeif is the Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE.

Sharjah Art Foundation hosts numerous activities and events throughout the year, from exhibitions featuring the work of Arab and international artists, live music and performances to film screenings and artist talks as well as extensive art education programmes for children, adults and families. Additionally, the Foundation has over the years published a range of books that include Sharjah Biennial and exhibition catalogues, books about the March Meetings and limited-edition artists' publications.

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