[Nettime-ro] Rabih MrouÃ: I, the Undersigned at BAK

[Cosmin Costinas <cosmincostinas2004@yahoo.com>]

opening 20.05.2010 at 20.00 hrs
solo exhibition 21.05.-01.08.2010
lecture-performance 17.06.2010

From 21 May to 1 August BAK, basis voor actuele kunst presents I, the Undersigned, the first solo exhibition by Lebanese theater director, playwright, actor, and visual artist Rabih MrouÃ. The opening takes place on Thursday 20 May 2010 at 20.00 hrs at BAK.

Rabih Mrouà (1967, lives and works in Beirut) belongs to the artistic generation that matured after the (formal) end of the Lebanese Civil War in 1990, and his work has been deeply influenced by the ongoing conflicts in the country and the Middle East region, as well as by political and cultural issues such as identity construction, historical narration, exclusion, and remembrance. As such, the artistâs practice is as much representative of, as it is divergent from, these complex circumstances.

MrouÃâs work can be seen as a constant exploration of the artistâs responsibility and position both in artistic frameworks limited by traditional conventions and in political circumstances that are based on principles of exclusion. Some of the main questions accompanying his practice can be formulated as follows: How to express truth through fiction? Can artistic subjectivity create a communal, meaningful, and ethically grounded exchange with a public in a society where individuals are divided by their religious and political outlooks? How can one establish dialogue in a traumatized society, aware of this reality but not falling into the trap of disconsolate mourning, as the politics of memory is often seen in contexts that have experienced historical trauma?

I, the Undersigned is an extensive survey of Rabih MrouÃâs practice, including a number of new productions presented along with his recent works. The exhibition is curated by Cosmin CostinaÅ.

On Thursday 17 June 2010 from 17.00â20.00 hrs BAK presents, in collaboration with the conference Waiting for the Political Moment, a lecture by philosopher Simon Critchley followed by the performance The Inhabitants of Images by Rabih MrouÃ. This program takes place at Drift 13, Utrecht, Room 0.04. Admission to the lecture by Critchley and the performance by Mrouà is free and no reservations are required.

Visiting address
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
Lange Nieuwstraat 4
3512 PH Utrecht

Opening hours
WednesdayâSaturday 12.00â17.00 hrs
Sunday 13.00â17.00 hrs

For further information, please contact: t. +31 30 2316125, e: info@bak-utrecht.nl, or see www.bak-utrecht.nl.


Related programs

22.â23.05.2010 Looking for a Missing Employee
As part of the program of Festival a/d Werf (20â29 May 2010) Rabih Mrouà presents the performance Looking for a Missing Employee, 2003, on Saturday 22 May and Sunday 23 May at 21.00 hrs in the Grote Zaal of Theater Kikker, Ganzenmarkt 14, Utrecht. Language:English. For more information about the performance and online reservations, please visit www.festivalaandewerf.nl. Visitors to the performance receive a â4 discount upon presentation of the newsletter of BAK.

25.â29.05.2010 Absent but liable to come back
From 25â29 May 2010 a Frascati session with Rabih Mrouà takes place at Theater Frascati, Amsterdam. A select group of artists work together with Mrouà over the course of a week. The result of this encounter is presented to the public on Saturday 29 May at 20.30 hrs. Language: English. For more information and reservations for 29 May, please visit www.theaterfrascati.nl.


      
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