NAU NUA: MARIAM GHANI & OMER FAST

Sota setge
Under siege / Bajo asedio

Mariam Ghani

Still from A Brief History of Collapses (2011-12)

Courtesy of the artist

Mariam Ghani

Still from A Brief History of Collapses (2011-12)

Courtesy of the artist

Mariam Ghani

Still from A Brief History of Collapses (2011-12)

Courtesy of the artist

Omer Fast

still from Five Thousand Feet is the Best (2011)

Courtesy of the artist /gb agency, París

Omer Fast

still from Five Thousand Feet is the Best (2011)

Courtesy of the artist /gb agency, París

Sota setge (Under seige). 2014

All works by Mariam Ghani and Omer Fast

An exhibition courtesy of CCCB | Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Mariam Ghani & Omer Fast. Installation & conversations - From 17 September 2014 to 9 November 2014

"Coinciding with the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Siege of Barcelona by Bourbon troops in 1714, the CCCB proposes reflection on contemporary aspects of cities under siege. The aim of the activities is to bring the notion of siege into the present-day world, from the ways in which laying siege to cities today continues to be a highly topical reality of war, to the strategies of resistance with which citizens deal with these situations, individually and collectively.

This reflection will take the form of various activities. Firstly, an installation comprising two audiovisual works by the artists Mariam Ghani and Omer Fast, accompanied by a conversation between Mariam Ghani and the curator, Chus Martínez, about artistic practice in the context of siege. Secondly, three debates with journalists and researchers about differential and characteristic aspects of contemporary sieges, which will also include the projection of a documentary. These two different formats offer a complementary multidisciplinary take on the concept of siege, both based on specific cases of recent armed conflicts.

Finally, the TV programme made at the CCCB, “Soy cámara”, will offer a summary of reflections made during the various activities."