That place of familiarity that holds and hurts.
Part one: Jamila Prowse and Mekdes W Shebeta at Hordaland Kunstsenter.
October 2021.
Part two: Hanan Benemmar, Performance in collaboration with Bergen Senter for Elektronisk Kunst and exhibition at Hordaland Kunstsenter.
November 2022.
Two publications were made for the exhibition with texts by curator, Amber Ablett.
Part one: Jamila Prowse and Mekdes W Shebeta at Hordaland Kunstsenter.
October 2021.
Part two: Hanan Benemmar, Performance in collaboration with Bergen Senter for Elektronisk Kunst and exhibition at Hordaland Kunstsenter.
November 2022.
Two publications were made for the exhibition with texts by curator, Amber Ablett.
That place of familiarity that holds and hurts is an exhibition in two parts, showing the work of three artist who are searchers, invited by another artist who is also a searcher.
The exhibition turns to three artists that ask the deeply human questions that frighten us, those that sit there, proudly and without a tidy answer. And for many of us, belonging is the most frightening unanswered question. Belonging, our roots, our home, all question who we are and where we are going. Home is that place from which we can safely reach out, that place we can settle and learn to know ourselves. My godfather said to me once: Home is where your toothbrush is. When I get lost that thought gives some comfort but whether we are voyagers or stay-at-homes, belonging is an answer we all search for. Jamila Prowse, Mekdes W Shebeta and Hanan Benammar search for that answer too, maybe because, like me, they have been asked “where do you come from?” when they thought they were at home already.
The exhibition turns to three artists that ask the deeply human questions that frighten us, those that sit there, proudly and without a tidy answer. And for many of us, belonging is the most frightening unanswered question. Belonging, our roots, our home, all question who we are and where we are going. Home is that place from which we can safely reach out, that place we can settle and learn to know ourselves. My godfather said to me once: Home is where your toothbrush is. When I get lost that thought gives some comfort but whether we are voyagers or stay-at-homes, belonging is an answer we all search for. Jamila Prowse, Mekdes W Shebeta and Hanan Benammar search for that answer too, maybe because, like me, they have been asked “where do you come from?” when they thought they were at home already.
An Echo For my Father, 2021. Jamila Prowse.
The Universal Periodic Review, Hanan Benammar, 2022.
