9th Sharjah Biennial

The 9th edition of the Sharjah Biennial comprised three components during its opening week: The main exhibition entitled "Provisions for the Future" curated by Isabel Carlos; the performance/film program "Past of the Coming Days" curated by Tarek Abu El Fetouh, and the March Meetings, a series of workshops and lectures.

Smaller in scale, with a strong regional focus, and more professional routine, the Biennial was less exciting than years before, unless one could spend all the time, and follow the strict schedule needed for its dense film and performance program.

The organizers decided to have the Biennial opening days coinciding with the glamorous Art Dubai in the neighbouring Emirate. One can doubt that this has brought such great advantages. Perhaps the Biennial got more visitors in numbers. It seems, though, that not only those who came from Dubai, but also their regular guests spent less time in Sharjah this year in order to cover everything possible in just few days.

Our >> photographic tour gives some impressions of the event.

Organizer:

Sharjah Biennial
Directorate of Arts - Sharjah Art Museum
P.O. Box 19989 Sharjah
United Arab Emirates

Phone: +971 - 6 568 5050
Fax: +971 - 6 568 5800

Email: info@sharjahbiennial.org
Website: www.sharjahbiennial.org

Press contact:
Mariam W. Al Dabbagh
Head of Communications
Sharjah Biennial 9
+971 6 568 5050
mariam.aldabbagh@sharjahbiennial.org

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This Sharjah Biennial Special is produced by Pat Binder and Gerhard Haupt, Universes in Universe. It is done independently from the organizer, and not meant as a complete documentation.

See also in Universes in Universe:

8th Sharjah Biennial, 2007
Director: Hoor Al Qasimi; artistic director: Jack Persekian; curators: Mohammed Kazem, Eva Scharrer, Jonathan Watkins

7th Sharjah Biennial, 2005
Director: Hoor Al Qasimi; curator: Jack Persekian; co-curators: Ken Lum and Tirdad Zolghadr

6th Sharjah Biennial, 2005
Director: Hoor Al-Qasimi; curator: Peter Lewis

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