Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme

Nicosia / Boston, Cyprus / USA,1983

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An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen
An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen
An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen
An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen
An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen
An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin
Public Matter: New Forms, Library Street Collective
2023 Installation view Detroit, USA Photo by PD Rearick. Courtesy of the Library Street Collective.
Public Matter: New Forms, Library Street Collective
2023 Installation view Detroit, USA Photo by PD Rearick. Courtesy of the Library Street Collective.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2020-ongoing 4-channel video projection (HD, color, sound) on partition wall, metal and concrete panels, photographic gel 34:34 min. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
Where the Soil Has Been Disturbed
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
Where the Soil Has Been Disturbed
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
Where the Soil Has Been Disturbed
2022 Archival Inkjet prints on metal and concrete panels, dried Syrian thistle and milk thistle, bricks Dimensions variable Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
2022 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta, Frieze NY, Photo: Luis Corzo
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
2022 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta, Frieze NY, Photo: Luis Corzo
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
2022 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta, Frieze NY, Photo: Luis Corzo
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
2022 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta, Frieze NY, Photo: Luis Corzo
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Postscript: After Everything is Extracted
2020 Screenshot of web project
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09″
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09″
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09″
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09″
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09″
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Three channel video, 2-channel sound 8´06¨ and live performance
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Three channel video, 2-channel sound 8´06¨ and live performance
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, two channel sound 8´06¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, two channel audio with sub-woofer 10´09¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, two channel audio with sub-woofer 10´09¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 3D Mask on plinth, rock, speaker on tripod, sound, duration variable
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 3D Mask on plinth, rock, speaker on tripod, sound, duration variable
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 3D Mask on plinth, rock, speaker on tripod, sound, duration variable
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 3D Mask on plinth, rock, speaker on tripod, sound, duration variable
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 Series of images Archival inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 gsm, pen, pencil and marker on paper and tracing paper, size variable
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 Series of images Archival inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 gsm, pen, pencil and marker on paper and tracing paper, size variable
We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 Series of images Archival inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 gsm, pen, pencil and marker on paper and tracing paper, size variable
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video
The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012 6-minute single-channel HD video, and 2-channel sound + sub woofer
The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2)
2012 6-minute single-channel HD video, and 2-channel sound + sub woofer
The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012 Installation; documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyl records, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with video (35´ 51¨ looped) Dimensions variable
The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012-2015 Part 1 of The Incidental Insurgents Chapter 1 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyls, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with 35´51¨ video on loop
The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012-2015 Part 1 of The Incidental Insurgents Chapter 1 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyls, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with 35´51¨video on loop
The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012-2015 Part 1 of The Incidental Insurgents Chapter 1 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyls, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with 35’51” video on loop
The Incidental Insurgents
2012-2015 Part 1 of The Incidental Insurgents Chapter 1 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyls, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with 35´51¨video on loop
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30
Contingency
2010 8-minute 4-channel sound installation, minimum 3 LED tickers, aluminum sheets Dimensions variable
Contingency
2010 8-minute 4-channel sound installation, minimum 3 LED tickers, aluminum sheets Dimensions variable
Contingency
2010 8-minute 4-channel sound installation, minimum 3 LED tickers, aluminum sheets Dimensions variable
Contingency
2010 8-minute 4-channel sound installation, minimum 3 LED tickers, aluminum sheets Dimensions variable
Tashweesh
Performance
Tashweesh
Performance
Tashweesh
Tashweesh is a sound and image performance group that brings together artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme with musician and performer boikutt, combining their different practices and interests in a joint performance, using sound, music and image. The result is an exploration of the collision between sound and video, field recordings, archive material, vocals, breaks and soundscapes. The trio explore the relation between installation and performance practice, unabashedly playing with the distinction between various music, sound and image practices, bringing together the diverse interests of the artists in a dynamic and rather singular performance experience.
Tashweesh
Tashweesh is a sound and image performance group that brings together artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme with musician and performer boikutt, combining their different practices and interests in a joint performance, using sound, music and image. The result is an exploration of the collision between sound and video, field recordings, archive material, vocals, breaks and soundscapes. The trio explore the relation between installation and performance practice, unabashedly playing with the distinction between various music, sound and image practices, bringing together the diverse interests of the artists in a dynamic and rather singular performance experience.
Tashweesh
Tashweesh is a sound and image performance group that brings together artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme with musician and performer boikutt, combining their different practices and interests in a joint performance, using sound, music and image. The result is an exploration of the collision between sound and video, field recordings, archive material, vocals, breaks and soundscapes. The trio explore the relation between installation and performance practice, unabashedly playing with the distinction between various music, sound and image practices, bringing together the diverse interests of the artists in a dynamic and rather singular performance experience.
Tashweesh
Tashweesh is a sound and image performance group that brings together artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme with musician and performer boikutt, combining their different practices and interests in a joint performance, using sound, music and image. The result is an exploration of the collision between sound and video, field recordings, archive material, vocals, breaks and soundscapes. The trio explore the relation between installation and performance practice, unabashedly playing with the distinction between various music, sound and image practices, bringing together the diverse interests of the artists in a dynamic and rather singular performance experience.
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.
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2009 Single channel video and sound 8´20¨

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An Echo Buried Deep Deep Down but Calling Still
2023 Installation view Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Photo: Christian Øen

Thinking Historically in the Present
2023 Installation view Sharjah Biennial 15., United Arab Emirates Photo: Shanavas Jamaluddin

Public Matter: New Forms, Library Street Collective
2023 Installation view Detroit, USA Photo by PD Rearick. Courtesy of the Library Street Collective.

May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, The Common Guild, Glasgow, Photo: Isobel Lutz-Smith

May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich

May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth: Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us
2020-ongoing 4-channel video projection (HD, color, sound) on partition wall, metal and concrete panels, photographic gel 34:34 min. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich

Where the Soil Has Been Disturbed
2022 Exhibition view, Migros Museum, 2022. Performer: Rima Baransi, Haykal, Julmud, Makimakkuk. Courtesy the artist. Co-commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich

Where the Soil Has Been Disturbed
2022 Archival Inkjet prints on metal and concrete panels, dried Syrian thistle and milk thistle, bricks Dimensions variable Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich

May Amnesia Never Kiss Us on the Mouth
2022 Exhibition view, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2022 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Jonathan Muzikar.

Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
2022 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta, Frieze NY, Photo: Luis Corzo

If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Photograph by Aidan Fitzpatrick. Image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

If Only This Mountain Between Us Could Be Ground to Dust
2021 Exhibition view Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Postscript: After Everything is Extracted
2020 Screenshot of web project

Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09″

At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, 2-channel sound, 8´06¨

At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Three channel video, 2-channel sound 8´06¨ and live performance

At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where The Existence and Disappearance of People Fade Into Each Other
2019 Single channel video, two channel sound 8´06¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, 2 channel sound and sub-woofer 10´09¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Oh Shining Star Testify
2019 Three channel video, two channel audio with sub-woofer 10´09¨ Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City, Guatemala

We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 3D Mask on plinth, rock, speaker on tripod, sound, duration variable

We Know What it is For, We Who Have Used it
2017 Series of images Archival inkjet print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 gsm, pen, pencil and marker on paper and tracing paper, size variable

And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 2
2016-2018 3D-printed masks, mini projection, corkboards, documents, images, drawings, books, tools, cardboard boxes, wooden pallet, bricks, dried plants, pine branches, burnt wood, log, rocks, house remains/ foundations, broken ceramics, garbage

And Yet My Mask is Powerful Part 1
2016-18 5-channel video projection, 2-channel sound + subwoofer, tools, bricks, boards 8´25¨

The Incidental Insurgents: When the Fall of the Dictionary Leaves All Words Lying on the Street (Part 3) Chapters 5+6
2015 4 channel HD video and 2 channel sound + sub woofer 12’53’’. 7 wooden towers at varying scale; 3 mini projectors with 3’ video

The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2) Chapter 3
2014 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, lightboxes, drawings on tracing paper, wooden tower, wooden cages, miniature furniture, laptop computer with 4′ 10″ minute video

The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012 6-minute single-channel HD video, and 2-channel sound + sub woofer

The Incidental Insurgents: Unforgiving Years (Part 2)
2012 6-minute single-channel HD video, and 2-channel sound + sub woofer

The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012 Installation; documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyl records, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with video (35´ 51¨ looped) Dimensions variable

The Incidental Insurgents: The Part About the Bandits (Part 1)
2012-2015 Part 1 of The Incidental Insurgents Chapter 1 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyls, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with 35´51¨ video on loop

The Incidental Insurgents
2012-2015 Part 1 of The Incidental Insurgents Chapter 1 Installation: documents, images, personal items, desks, chairs, table, stools, office cabinet, storage boxes, speakers, two record players, vinyls, sound of vinyl crackle, desktop computer with 35´51¨video on loop

Screenshots (2014-ongoing)
Screenshot 2015-07-14 17.51.08 Screenshot 2017-10-14 12.51.28 Screenshot 2015-05-11 16.15.11 Screenshot 2016-08-07 20.59.58 Screenshot 2016-08-07 19.59.27 Screenshot 2016-08-08 10.40.44 Screenshot 2015-10-03 19.56.34 Screenshot 2015-08-07 16.52.06 Screenshot 2015-08-14 19.28.36 Screenshot 2014-10-18 15.02.30 Screenshot 2014-12-01 2.28.55 Screenshot 2015-05-07 21.21.15 Screenshot 2015-04-30 13.16.10 Screenshot 2015-06-08 18.27.12 Screenshot 2014-10-19 18.30.20 Screenshot 2014-10-22 20.00.30

Contingency
2010 8-minute 4-channel sound installation, minimum 3 LED tickers, aluminum sheets Dimensions variable

Tashweesh
Tashweesh is a sound and image performance group that brings together artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme with musician and performer boikutt, combining their different practices and interests in a joint performance, using sound, music and image. The result is an exploration of the collision between sound and video, field recordings, archive material, vocals, breaks and soundscapes. The trio explore the relation between installation and performance practice, unabashedly playing with the distinction between various music, sound and image practices, bringing together the diverse interests of the artists in a dynamic and rather singular performance experience.

The Zone
2011 Built Structure (dimensions and material variable), 2 channel video and 4 channel sound 15′ 4-8 minute video/sound clips on 15 LCD screens variable

Until They Reached a Dense Forest No One Had Reached Before
2010 7 min / 3 channel video-2 channel sound installation + subwoofer.

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2009 Single channel video and sound 8´20¨

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme (Nicosia, Cyprus and Boston, USA,1983) make collaborative work across a range of sound, image, text, installation, and performance. Their practice is engaged in the intersections between performativity, political imaginaries, the body, and virtuality informed by the artist’s research-based focus which explores, samples, remixes and intertwines historical archives, literature, performance, underground music, and film, with their own.

Some of their recent solo shows include MoMA, New York, (2022) Migros Museum, Zurich, (2022), The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (2021); Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2020); Disjecta, Portland (2019); Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg (2018); Art Jameel Project Space, Dubai (2017); Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo (2015); ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia (2015), amongst others, with group shows at the Palestinian Museum (2017); Portikus (2016); Kunsthalle Wien (2015); MoMA Warsaw (2015); ICA London (2013), amongst others.

They have participated in numerous biennials including the Sharjah Biennial (2015); São Paulo Biennial (2014); Gwangju Biennial (2014); Istanbul Biennial (2013), and Liverpool Biennial (2010). They were fellows at Akademie der Kunste der Welt in Cologne (2013) and artists in residence at the Delfina Foundation in London (2009). They were awarded the Abraaj Group Art Prize in 2016 and the Sharjah Biennial Prize in 2015. Their publication ‘And Yet My Mask Is Powerful’ is published by Printed Matter in New York. They are recipients of the Open Society Foundation fellowship in New York for 2020 – 2021, and are artists in residence at Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva 2022.

Their work is collected by MoMa, New York; Art Jameel Collection, Dubai; Sharjah Foundation, Sharjah; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi; and TBA21, Vienna, amongst others.

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Exhibitions by Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme at Proyectos Ultravioleta: