From 5th June to 7th September 2009 at the Sala del Camino in the Ex Convento dei Santi Cosma e Damiano in Giudecca, there will be an high-profile exhibition within the city's art event offer: Palestine c/o Venice, a collateral event of the 53ª Biennale d'arte, an occasion for some palestinian artists to expose their works to an international public.

The seven participating artists (Taysir Batniji,  Shadi HabibAllah, Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, Emily Jacir, Jawad Al Malhi, Khalil Rabah), commissioned to create  new art works, were chosen for their outstanding commitment to their art as well as their ability to bridge local and global themes. Among them are emerging and established artists. They employ diverse techniques including sound installation, multimedia performance installation, site specific work, animation, photography, and video. Their art tackles themes ranging from the epistemology of the concept of biennales to the dialogue of cultures within architecture and urban design, and explores visual perception of objects in the mechanical state. It also examines marginality via the structural geography of the refugee camp, and activates an almost non-exiting community discourse on the colonialist socio-spatial reconfiguration of urban centers.

Exhibition curator: Salwa Mikdadi
Exhibitio commisioer: Vittorio Urbani

Patronage: exhibition granted patronage by the City of Venice

Sponsors:
-Rana Sadik and Samer Younis
-The Khalid Shoman Foundation - Darat al Funun
-Welfare Association
-CCC: sponsor of Khalil Rabah’s art project
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