Sophia Al-Maria Livres

Cypriot artist Christodoulos Panaylotou uses archaeology as a discipline to explorethe mechanisms governing the relationship between tradition and modernity.Physical artifacts cover the pavilion, from ancient mosaics and shoes made of fakeleather handbags to a mountain of shredded Cyprus dollars. Published to accompanythe installation at the Cyprus Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, this reader adopts avariety of modes of address critical writing, poetry, open-ended letters, sketches,provocations, new and existing texts as theater for considering the How does one choreograph a history that is constantly being reimagined? Is therean anthropology of movement? Cyprus becomes the site of multiple imaginaries withnew routes of escape, exploring materiality as performance and quiet gesturesas subversive counterpoints to homogenous nationalistic narratives. Contributorsinclude Elke Wittrock, Mirjam Brusius, Malak Helmy, Yannis Hamilakis, Uzma Z. Rizviamong others.

Renowned contemporary artists and writers address the intersection of art, global politics, and emerging technologies.

Composed of the novelisation of the script for Sophia Al-Maria's unmade feature film Beretta, the book, Virgin with a Memory: The Exhibition Tie-in is composed of a cornucopia of material including emails, budgets, kit-lists, schedules, sketches, storyboards, headshots and excerpts from the script all illustrating what can happen when a young filmmaker's creative process comes into contact with the crushing forces of politics and money.

Coinciding with a major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, this anthology of essays and reflections casts a discursive and critical light on the work of artists engaging with the internet and digital technologies today.

When Sophia Al-Maria's mother sends her away from rainy Washington State to stay with her husband's desert-dwelling Bedouin family in Qatar, she intends it to be a sort of teenage cultural boot camp. What her mother doesn't know is that there are some things about growing up that are universal. In Qatar, Sophia is faced with a new world she'd only imagined as a child. She sets out to find her freedom, even in the most unlikely of places. Both family saga and coming-of-age story, The Girl Who Fell to Earth takes readers from the green valleys of the Pacific Northwest to the dunes of the Arabian Gulf and on to the sprawling chaos of Cairo. Struggling to adapt to her nomadic lifestyle, Sophia is haunted by the feeling that she is perpetually in exile: hovering somewhere between two families, two cultures, and two worlds. She must make a place for herself—a complex journey that includes finding young love in the Arabian Gulf, rebellion in Cairo, and, finally, self-discovery in the mountains of Sinai. The Girl Who Fell to Earth heralds the arrival of an electric new talent and takes us on the most personal of quests: the voyage home.

"Jeddah Childhood circa 1994 is a mini-novella about a teenage boy growing up in Saudi Arabia. Taking the form of a diary, it evokes a moment of cultural schizophrenia, when the Grunge movement with its thrift store aesthetic took over the malls and bedrooms of the Arab Gulf and the Middle East. Soon after came the internet, big dumb sex, pop diva-obsession, and a gender dysphonia, triggered by a group of burka and jalabiya cross-dressing teens. Laced with discerning anecdotes, this novella traces both the romanticism and trauma of coming of age in the newly globalized world of the 1990s."--Publisher's website

Fear Eats the Soul' takes as its starting point the exhibition, Imitation of Life: 'Race and Melodrama in the 21st Century', a major exhibition at HOME that looks at how racial politics are performed in an evolving post-digital twenty-first century. This book is a tapestry of thoughts, concerns and emotions devised in response to the exhibition and its themes, with contributions from writers, academics and artists, and co-edited by the curators. Exhibition: HOME, Manchester, United Kingdom (30.04.-03.07.2016).

This first monograph of the acclaimed Iraqi- American artist, Michael Rakowitz, takes a historical, scholarly, and in-depth look at his politically charged work.

This publication celebrates the Antwerp-based, Nigerian-born artist Otobong Nkanga, who explores cultural and historical conflicts as well as the exploitation of Earth's natural resources.

Celebrating Sharjah Biennial 14, this volume shows how artists respond to shifts of culture in an era of great social, political, and global change. The Sharjah Biennial showcases a global perspective on contemporary art. In this book, artists respond to shifts in artmaking as material culture adapts to environmental destruction and climate change. It also explores how social, political, and technological change has altered the ways we exist in the world. Featuring the work of over thirty contemporary and modern artists, the book addresses perceptions of how history is told and re-told. It poses questions and provocations about the state of our existence through stories, poems, and essays. Copublished by the Sharjah Art Foundation and DelMonico Books