Opening Talk – Eltiqa: How to Work Together?
5 FEB 2025
To mark the opening of ‘Eltiqa: How to Work Together ?’ join us for an engaging conversation around the history and collaborative practices of the artist collective Eltiqa, founded in Gaza City in 2000. For over two decades, Eltiqa members have cultivated artistic practices together, establishing a dedicated exhibition and workshop space in Gaza City and nurturing younger generations of artists through workshops and exhibitions, and by creating a space for dialogue and collaboration.
The evening will begin with a conversation between Eltiqa members Dina Matar and Mohammed Al-Hawajri, with exhibition curator Yazan Khalili (as part of The Question of Funding collective), around Eltiqa’s early days, their strategies for the continual production and circulation of their works locally and internationally, as well as the role of the Eltiqa Gallery within the arts ecology of Gaza. This conversation will be in Arabic.
Following this, Yazan Khalili will be in conversation with Dr. Martin Heller around cultivating support networks for artists, in the framework of the Lumbung Gallery Collective, set up to support artists following documenta 15. Together, they will explore selected artworks from the exhibition and the structures of support that safeguarded them and sustained the collective through political, social, economic, and personal challenges. This conversation will be in English.
The exhibition will be open and accessible from 6 – 9pm.
6.00 pm Welcome Remarks
6.05 – 6.40 pm Yazan Khalili, Dina Matar and Mohammed Al-Hawajri in conversation (in Arabic)
6.40-7.15pm Dr. Martin Heller and Yazan Khalili in conversation (in English)
7.15- 7.30pm Audience Q&A
About Jameel Arts Centre
Art Jameel supports artists and creative communities. Founded and supported by the Jameel family philanthropies, the independent organisation is headquartered in Saudi Arabia and the UAE and works globally. Art Jameel’s programmes – across exhibitions, commissions, research, learning and community-building – are grounded in a dynamic understanding of the arts as fundamental to life and accessible to all.
Art Jameel’s two institutions – Hayy Jameel, a dedicated complex for the arts and creativity in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Jameel Arts Centre, an innovative contemporary institution in Dubai, UAE – are complemented by digital initiatives plus collaborations with major institutional partners and a network of practitioners across the world.
Art Jameel’s model is collaborative: major institutional partners include Delfina Foundation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Locally, the organisation works with individuals and organisations to develop innovative programming that embraces both ancient and new technologies, and encourages entrepreneurship and the development of cultural networks.
(Source: https://artjameel.org/about/art-jameel/)
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10 am - 8 pm
Tuesday, closed
Friday, 12 pm - 8 pm
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