DESCRIPTION
Series /pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/: a silent story told, a statement, a performance.
Performances are with physical movements but also with spoken words, sounds, noise, this in stark contrast with the contemplative silence of a photograph: interesting to visualise this tension.
Silenced once:
In general, we women are educated, learn not to speak our minds.
But, if we do speak our minds, it is often classified as ‘a display of exaggerated behaviour or a process involving a great deal of unnecessary time and effort; a fuss.’
Silenced twice:
For people with vaginas, orgasms commonly come from the clitoris.
Female Genital Mutilation: the most severe — infibulation — is the removal of the clitoris and parts of the external genitalia followed by stitching together of what remains.
Words are like pearls, rolling formed, developed and cultivated over time, treasured, colourful, shiny, lustrous pearls of wisdom.
Pearls, as pure and innocent symbolising the clitoris, have an imaginary value. The value of a word, of a clitoris. is what we designate for it.
Title: /pəˈfɔːm(ə)ns/, which is the English pronunciation of the word 'performance' put in writing, is as intelligible when silence(d).
Triptychs, the centre locked in between two worlds, one mirroring the other.
AUTHOR
What is art without a message?
As long as I can remember I have been a woman and artist. Enraptured by techniques, I graduated in Product Design (The Netherlands), after, Art-Photography (Belgium), in between propaedeutic in Art History (Amsterdam), and later in life, I took courses in medieval painting techniques (in China and in Portugal).
Enjoying Saudi Arabia’s vibrant society so much and convinced that The Kingdom has all the elements to become the next artist's hub on par with Berlin and the like, I choose to live and work in Jeddah.
Selection:
Exhibitions:
2021: (Covid postponements)-‘Addis Foto Fest 2020’
- Art Basel, Galeria Zero
2021 ’XIIIth Florence Biennale’
2020 ’CellPhone Photography’, Jag Gallery, Key-West, USA
-‘Persona’ at Lumex
-‘Beyond’, Galeria Zero, Spain.
-‘Isolated, Living Yourself’, Rome
--’Just Like a Woman’, Cape Cod, USA.
-2nd Riyadh KSHAR, Riyadh
-21,39 Jeddah,
-Haider Art Gallery
--Riyadh Front, ‘Niqwa’
-Chiessa Rupestre, ‘Circle’, Italy.
-Envision Arts , Dallas, USA.
Publications:
2020 https://issuu.com/arthabens/docs/biennial.ed.xxi/110
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=992882461122323&extid=8rHjKTWpdFGOq1R9
- https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YpKkQDnBLmJj from2:22 minutes onwards.
- https://www.okaz.com.sa/variety/na/2013987
- http://www.alriyadhdaily.com/article/a5daae77d7da49598fadead119e64489
- https://www.arabnews.com/node/1632171/saudi-arabia
- http://kengagement.com/archives/3379
Nominations & Awards:
2020 “Female” https://www.artjobs.com/op/female/saudi-arabia/aljohara
- Honourable Mention in the 2020 ‘Prix-de-la-Photographie-de-Paris’, France
- Shortlisted https://social-art-award.org/shortlisted-artists-social-art-award-2019
2019 Envision Arts, Dallas, USA, https://www.envisionartshow.com/silver-gold
