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Solo Exhibition and Performance: Mirage at Amazegh Contemporary

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Farah Salem’s exhibition and performance at Amazigh Contemporary responds to the host apartment, challenging the space and its presumed social actions and norms through the re-enactment and modification of one of the artist’s childhood games.

Mirage is a performance which is centered around a children’s game named "Bar/Bahar" which is common in Kuwait. The game is based on the shifting body posture based on landscape changes (desert/sea). In this performance the artist explores folkloric rituals, language and other elements of these landscapes, as well as philosophical understanding of play and abandon while interacting with the audience.

Later Event: March 5
Solo Exhibition: Disclosed