artist talk & music
Curator Artist Talk with Achraf Remok and Ziad Naitaddi & Oud player and Songwriter Avin Ahmadi
Tuesday, 16/04/2024, 6pm
Venue: philomena+, Heinestraße 40, 1020 Vienna
as part of the festival Salam Music
within the exhibition Emotional Lands
Ziad Naitaddi, Fouad is not a Criminal. Captive, photmontage with writing, part of the artist’s ongoing project.
The exhibition Emotional Lands explores the complexity of human emotions in a rapidly changing world. What experiences trigger feelings? What causes our feelings to change? The artists Maria Hanl (Vienna) and Ziad Naitaddi (Salé) explore these questions and look at the topic of migration and political manipulation from their own perspective.
Ziad Naitaddi’s artistic work for the exhibition Emotional Lands invites us to question our own prejudices and biases by focusing on the dichotomy of good and evil and examining the subtleties of behaviour of people experiencing migration and the external and internal changes that come with it. in a talk with Achraf Remok, who curated the exhibition Emotional Lands together with Elisabeth Piskernik, he provides insights into his artistic approach for the exhibition Emotional Lands.
artists
AVIN AHMADI (musician)
(*2004 in Tehran, lives and works in Vienna) is an oud player and singer-songwriter. She spent over six years studying music at the Tehran Conservatory. After moving to Vienna, she is currently exploring jazz and fusion music and learning from the respected composer Armin Sanayei. In addition to music, Avin is an avid dancer and constantly strives to learn and grow as an artist and as a person. Avin Ahmadi – oud, vocals
ZIAD NAITADDI (visual artist)
(*1995 in Rabat, lives and works in Salé) attempts to express the human soul through his work by photographing people and expressing their inner emotions, currently focussing on the theme of migration and identity. He visualises the emotional side of this topic, the tragic dimension of migration and the difficult decision that emigrants have to make. His projects scrutinise the emergence of hardship, loss of identity and the adventurous search for answers. Ziad Naitaddi’s work has been presented in various exhibitions, publications and collections.
ACHRAF REMOK (curator)
(*1995 in Rabat, lives and works in Salé) attempts to express the human soul through his work by photographing people and expressing their inner emotions, currently focussing on the theme of migration and identity. He visualises the emotional side of this topic, the tragic dimension of migration and the difficult decision that emigrants have to make. His projects scrutinise the emergence of hardship, loss of identity and the adventurous search for answers. Ziad Naitaddi’s work has been presented in various exhibitions, publications and collections.
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