Qatar Museums has opened Your Ghosts Are Mine, Expanded Cinemas and Amplified Voices, a major exhibition bringing together the work of filmmakers and video artists from the Middle East, Africa and Asia, to coincide with the 60th international art exhibition at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition, at ACP Palazzo Franchetti (until November 24), presents a journey of moving images through contemporary experiences of community life and memory, transnational crossings and exile.
your ghost is mine Produced by Qatar Museums and co-hosted by Doha Film Institute, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Contemporary Art and Future Art Mill Museum in collaboration with ACP Art Capital Partners and with support from Media City Qatar do. It was curated by Matthieu Orléan together with Majid Al-Remaihi and Virgile Alexandre, with exhibition design by Federico Martelli and Clément Périssé. The Advisory Board includes Fatma Hassan Alremaihi, Zeina Arida and Catherine Grenier.
This exhibition explores themes such as deserts, ruins, borders, exile, and women’s voices through films supported by the Doha Film Institute and video works by Mathaf (Museum of Arab Contemporary Art, Future Art Mill Museum).
The work spans novels, documentaries, animation, and memoir. Excerpts from the work of over 40 artists, including Faouzi Bensaidi (Morocco), Jessica Beshir (Ethiopia), Ali Cherri (Lebanon), Tala Hadid (Morocco), Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon), Khalil Joreige (Lebanon), and Soudade Kaadan (Lebanon). It contains one content. Syria), Jeremiah Moses (Lesotho), Asmae El Mudir (Morocco), Amal Al Muftah (Qatar), Shirin Neshat (Iran), Larissa Sansoor (Palestine), Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania), Elia Suleiman (Palestine), Ramata The film was directed by Wael Shawky, Lida Abdul, Hassan Khan and Sophia Al Maria.
Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Chairman of Qatar Museums and Doha Film Institute, said:your ghost is mine It will open the eyes of international viewers to the ideas, emotions and artistic vision of today’s filmmakers from the Arab world and surrounding regions. “Through this exhibition, Qatar Museums advances its mission to encourage understanding across borders, and the Doha Film Institute continues to foster emerging talent from our region.”
A schedule of film screenings related to the exhibition can be found here.
