JAOU Biennale 2024 in Tunis Explores Resistance, Migration, and Identity
The Kamel Lazaar Foundation is hosting the JAOU Contemporary Art Biennale in collaboration with international organizations, running until November 9, 2024, throughout Tunis. This year’s theme, "Arts, Resistances, and Reconstruction of Futures," delves into social challenges faced by the Global South. Events include various exhibitions and performances, such as a highlight at Bir Lahjar featuring ten video artists addressing solidarity. The 'Hopeless' display at Club Canoë-Kayak, showcasing student works on migration, is available until October 26. Notable projects include 'Unstable Point' on Avenue Bourghiba and Amira Lamti's exhibition at Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery until November 30.
Key facts
- JAOU Biennale 2024 runs until November 9, 2024, in Tunis.
- Organized by Kamel Lazaar Foundation with Italian Cultural Institute of Tunis.
- Title: 'Arts, résistances et reconstruction des futurs'.
- Exhibition 'Nos douleurs...' at Bir Lahjar features ten artists on collective resistance.
- Exhibition 'Hopeless' at Club Canoë-Kayak until October 26, with 41 students from 16 schools.
- Rima Hassan's 'Fragments d’un refuge' at Entrepôt rue de Palestine until November 9.
- Lydia Saidi's photographs of 2019 Hirak protests in Algiers shown in 'Assembly'.
- Amira Lamti's show at Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery until November 30.
- Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre performs 'Back to Dance' on October 24 at Teatro 4ème Art.
Entities
Artists
- Rima Hassan
- Amira Lamti
- Lydia Saidi
- Giulia Staccioli
Institutions
- Kamel Lazaar Foundation
- Italian Cultural Institute of Tunis
- Institut Français de Tunis
- Yosr Ben Ammar Gallery
- Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre
- Teatro 4ème Art
- Bir Lahjar
- Club Canoë-Kayak
- Entrepôt rue de Palestine
Locations
- Tunis
- Tunisia
- Algiers
- Algeria
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Sousse
- Medina of Tunis
- Avenue Bourghiba