I’d search forever, I want to remember

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Tamara Al-Mashouk

Counterpoints Arts, Dover Arts Development, Shubbak Festival and Frieze No.9 Cork Street are pleased to present I’d search forever, I want to remember, a multidisciplinary body of work by artist Tamara Al-Mashouk that asks if matter and place remember the way our bodies do.

Following a site-specific presentation in Dover this June, Tamara Al-Mashouk’s multi-disciplinary work will show at No.9 Cork Street for four days.

Incorporating a three-channel film of a disused refugee detention centre, a photographic series that engages with the shoreline as a site of poetic multiplicity and a wave machine containing water from the English Channel, I’d search forever, I want to remember continues Al-Mashouk’s exploration of sites of solace and memory, and spaces of collective healing against the backdrop of the refugee crisis. Artefacts created during workshops in Dover will be on display, and there will a dance performance by Fadi Giha on the opening night, July 20.

The work presented is the result of a gathering of artists thinking and organising together. Manon Schwich, Sami El-Enany, Parker Heyl, Angus Frost, Lorella Bianco, Fadi Giha and Patricia Doors join Al-Mashouk in considering sites of solace within embodied experiences of hyper-politicisation.

Guided tours

Available slots:

Saturday 22 July

12pm - 12:45pm

2pm - 2:45pm

4pm - 4:45pm

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Tamara Al-Mashouk is a visual artist who incorporates strategies of hosting, art making and live performance across her multi-disciplinary projects. These days, she can’t stop thinking about where memory is stored, about the spirits of water and about how to create spaces of collective healing. She explores her ideas through multi-channel video, performance and architectural installation.

I’d search forever, I want to remember is in commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Arts Council England and co-commissioned by Shubbak Festival.

In partnership with: Dover Arts Development, The Citadel, Refugee Week, Samphire, Future Foundry and SENSE.

FAQs

How do I get to Dover?

Trains to Dover leave from: - Stratford International (53 mins) - St Pancras International (1h 8m) The sooner you buy them the cheaper they'll be! Ticket prices start at £12.

How do I get from the train station to the Citadel?

You can either pre-book or call a taxi when you arrive at Dover Priory, we like Royal Taxi 01304 202020. They're reliable and on time. The trip from the train station to the Citadel takes 6 mins via car. You can also use public transport, the journey takes about 20 mins by bus.

Will there be food and drinks and bathrooms?

Yes! Juma Kitchen from Borough Market will provide delicious Iraqi BBQ, Vegan options available. There will also be a bar with alcoholic and non-alcoholic options. And there will be bathrooms on site.

Is the event fully accessible?

Unfortunately the event is not accessible as there are stairs that lead visitors down to the exhibition areas. The good news is the exhibition in London from July 20th - 23rd is fully accessible.

I’d search forever, I want to remember was first presented as part of Shubbak Festival in The Citadel in Dover on 24 June 2023. Set in a fortress built in the 1700s on the cliffs of Dover, the day-long programme featured the exhibition, guided tours with the creative team, ceramics and craft workshops centring memory and place, a dance performance by Fadi Giha and food and drinks served by Borough Market’s Juma Kitchen.

The workshops are co-organised by: Petra Matthews-Crow with Freyja Matthews Crow, Luke Godfrey and Louise Ellis (Ceramic Art Dover) + Xuân Sinden (SENSE) and Rebecca George (OFFCUT).

I’d search forever, I want to remember is the culmination of a body of work that began in 2018 with a 10.5 hour durational performance by Al-Mashouk titled Can you die if you don’t exist? where she read the names of 34,361 refugees who died on their way to Europe off The List (published by The Guardian, 2018). The performance was for Deeplab and commissioned by Mediale.

سأبحث للأبد لأتذكر

تمارا المعشوق

"سأبحث للأبد؛ فأنا أريد أن أتذكر" معرض قائم على فعالية متعددة الأنشطة يتساءل عما إذا كانت المادة والمكان يتذكران الأشياء كما تتذكرها أجسادنا.

يجثم في منتصف المعرض ماكينة لصنع الأمواج تنعكس حركتها وظلالها وتموجاتها على الجدران المحيطة، وهي منحوتة دينامية حركية تقترن تسجيل صوتي يتفاعل بصورة شاعرية مع علم التخلُّق (ما فوق الجينات) وتشريح الذاكرة، ويحتوي خزان المياه الذي أُحضر كشاهد على أزمة الهجرة بالمملكة المتحدة، على مياه من القناة الإنكليزية

معرض "سأبحث للأبد؛ فأنا أريد أن أتذكر" تتويج لمجموعة أعمال بدأت في عام 2018 بعرض متواصل بعنوان "هل يمكن أن تموت إذا لم تكن قد عشت؟" أدته (المعشوق) على مدار عشر ساعات ونصف، حيث قرأت أسماء 34,361 لاجئ ولاجئة توفوا وهم في طريقهم إلى أوروبا من القائمة التي نشرتها صحيفة (الغادريان) في عام 2018، وقد كان هذا العرض لصالح مجموعة (ديب لاب) بتكليف من وكالة (ميديال) للفنون.

Commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Arts Council England and co-commissioned by Shubbak Festival.

In partnership with: Dover Arts Development, The Citadel, Refugee Week, SENSE, Samphire and Future Foundry.

Supported by the Arts Council England, British Council

Details

Fri 21 & Sat 22 July 2023

10am - 6pm

Free

No.9 Cork Street

9 Cork St, London W1S 3LL
www.frieze.com/no9-cork-street