On the occasion of the United Nations International Day of Peace, the Rothko Chapel, Edge of Arabia and Art Jameel invite you to an evening of discussion, film and music to launch CULTURUNNERS, a three-year road-trip connecting artists in the US and Middle East.
Together with our local partners, the Rothko Chapel, FotoFest International and the Arab American Cultural & Community Center (ACC), the CULTURUNNERS launch will include a participatory discussion between 24-year Saudi artist Sarah Abu Abdullah whose highly-acclaimed video work debuted last year at the 55th Venice Biennale, and Palestinian artistTaysir Batniji, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize winner of 2012 and recent ISCP Resident Artist in New York. They will be joined by one of the leading voices on US-Middle Eastern relations, historian Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Associate Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Houston, Dr. Dina Al-Sowayel and award-winning cultural activists Fred Baldwin, Wendy Watriss and Edge of Arabia co-founder Stephen Stapleton, all of whom work in and between the United States and Middle East. The panel discussion explores how artists' mobility and action can challenge cultural misrepresentation and propose unofficial narratives towards an alternative history.
The launch will also feature a special film screening on the Chapel façade by pioneering Mecca-based artist and Edge of Arabia co-founder Ahmed Mater as well as a special music performance by Syrian oudist Essam Rafea to commemorate the start of this timely journey.
CULTURUNNERS is part of a multi-platform, cross country tour of the US by Edge of Arabia in partnership with Art Jameel. For more information on the schedule of the evening’s events, please visit: www.edgeofarabia.com
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