Interview, Video
Video: Dancer and Choreographer Rasool Abbas
Baghdad-based choreographer Rasool Abbas talks to RUYA about his work.
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Essay
The Child Tempered by War: Julian Stallabrass on the work of photographer Ayman al-Amiri
Art historian and curator Julian Stallabrass writes about Baghdad-based photographer Ayman al-Amiri’s series Homage to Tarkowsky (2013). The 19 year old photographer is currently working on a documentary series produced by RUYA. In the opening to Tarkovsky’s film, Ivan’s Childhood, which is set during the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a very beautiful boy runs…
Interview
Curating the Iraq Pavilion: Q&A with Philippe Van Cauteren
In November 2014, Philippe Van Cauteren, curator of the Iraq Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, travelled to Baghdad with RUYA’s chairman Tamara Chalabi. There, they met artists in their studios, and visited the city’s cultural institutions and galleries. As well as mentoring the artists, RUYA hosted a day long symposium on international contemporary art…
Essay
Dystopias and alien invasions: Iraqi writers use science fiction to reimagine their country.
Iraqi playwright and scientist Hassan Abdulrazzak will talk about science fiction in Arabic literature at the Science Museum in London this week. Mr. Abdulrazzak will present his short science fiction story, based on an alien invasion of Baghdad. “I grew up watching alien-invasion films but they always go to America first. So my aliens go…