Join us for an online conversation with Palestinian artists Ruanne Abou-Rahme and Basel Abbas. We will discuss their project "May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth" which examines how people are witness to and narrate experiences of violence, loss, erasure, displacement, and forced migration through performance. The conversation will also address Ruanne and Basel’s wider art practice which is at the intersection of performativity, political imaginaries, the body and virtuality.
This conversation is the opening event in a series of talks, events and exhibitions jointly organized by the Center for Middle East Studies, Brown and the Middle East Institute, Columbia University to explore art, gender and body politics in relation to the Middle East and its diasporas. This session with Ruanne and Basil is co-sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies, Columbia University. Read more about the series here.
