8th Biennal /SI:N/ In praise of the High Shadow (Palestine)



A.M. QATTAN Foundation (Ramallah) + 37th Festival Les Instants Vidéo (Marseille)
2 Palestinian Programs + 2 International programs
Only on the 20th of October 2024

VisualcontainerTV is hosting the 8th Biennal SI:N, the renowned Palestinian video and performance art biennal based in Ramallah, Palestine, by The A.M. Qattan Foundation and Les Instants Vidéo Numérique et Poétique Festival, now in exile. The online event will take place only on October 20.

In 2024, the Palestinian video and performance art biennal /si:n/ (8th edition) is forced into exile. It will be hosted by the 37th Festival Les Instants Vidéo. But it will also be travelling the world, welcomed by other museums of solidarity (in Ethiopia, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Jordan, Lebanon, Canada, USA). Inspired* by the tri-continental, anti-imperialist solidarity movements of the 1960s and 80s, at the crossroads of militant, artistic and museological practices that created a very particular form of museum of solidarity, without walls, and more often than not, museums in exile (in support of the people of Chile, Nicaragua, South Africa and of course Palestine), the A.M. Qattan Foundation and Les Instants vidéo launched a call for solidarity to artists and international organisations. ( A.M. Qattan Foundation and Les Instants vidéo)

In praise of the High Shadow

(based on a poem by Mahmoud Darwich, written in 1982 during the siege of Beirut, a poem written after the Sabra and Shatila massacre, read in Algeria in 1983 before the Palestinian National Council.) 

Palestinian program 1

Artists: Rawan Joulani – Bashar Alhroub – Shereen Abed Alkareem – Eslam Muheisen – Hiba Isleem – Yaqeen Yamani – Doha Awar – Noor Abed – Lilly Ann Benson – Razan Amleh

Video:

Changes in the distance – Rawan Joulani | 2024 | 7’09 | Palestine
Gateway to Heaven – Bashar Alhroub | 2024 | 4’45 | Palestine
From the hole of needle – Shereen Abed Alkareem | 2022 | 4’52 | Palestine
Hajar W Zaatar – Eslam Muheisen | 2024 | 2’34 | Palestine
Indomie – Hiba Isleem | 2024 | 3’14 | Palestine
Ahlam – Yaqeen Yamani | 2024 | 2’17 | Palestine
After laugh – Doha Awar | 2024 | 3’58 | Palestine
Penelope – Noor Abed | 2024 | 6’28 | Palestine
Ba Leet – Lilly Ann Benson | 2024 | 7’37 | Palestine
Memory of flour – Razan Amleh | 2024 | 2’31 | Palestine

Palestinian Program 2

Artists: Ramz Siam – Abdallah Motan – Nizar Marzouqa – Manal Mahamid – Dina Mimi – Sharon Rose – Mohamed Harb – Bushra Barghouthi – Linda Katbeh

Video:

Loving the Land – Ramz Siam | 2024 | 6’58 | Palestine
The Dust on our way – Abdallah Motan | 2024 | 5’13 | Palestine
O-live – Nizar Marzouqa | 2024 | 2’07 | Palestine
From Akka to Gaza – Manal Mahamid | 2024 | 4’16 | Palestine
The melancholy of this useless afternoon: chapter one – Dina Mimi | 2024 | 6’58 | Palestine
Qisma – Sharon Rose | 2024 | 4’47 | Palestine
Let there be light – Mohamed Harb | 2024 | 5’31 | Palestine
Wadi Al-Salib: Two Minutes – Bushra Barghouthi | 2024 | 3’51 | Palestine
Mariam – Linda Katbeh | 2024 | 5’50 | Palestine

International Program 1

Artists: François Lejault – Brigitte Valobra – Silvia De Gennaro – Essa Grayeb – Pascal Lièvre – Malubéa – Eleni Gioti – Firat Bingöl – Emilia Izquierdo

Video:

Mohanad From Gaza – François Lejault | 2024 | 7’37 | France
Adentro y fuera – Brigitte Valobra | 2023 | 2’10 | France
Damn them all – Silvia De Gennaro | 2024 | 2’37 | Italie
My whole heart with you – Essa Grayeb | 2022 | 8’49 | Palestine
All the eyes – Pascal Lièvre | 2024 | 2’16 | France
The cry of silence – Malubéa | 2024 | 3’42 | Belgique
L’Égée ou le trou du cul de la mort – Eleni Gioti | 2014 | 7’21 | Grèce
Nonexistence – Firat Bingöl | 2022 | 2′ | Turquie
Ghost Dance – Emilia Izquierdo | 2019 | 4’36 | UK

International Program 2

Artists: Joana Villaver – Przemyslaw Sanecki – Razan Al Salah – Fran Orallo – Valérie LeBlanc, Daniel H. Dugas – Lisi Prada – Elsa Muller – Juan Desteract – Sarah Beddington – Sarah Violaine

Video:

3AM Birzeit – Joana Villaver | 2015 | 9′ | Portugal
Dignity and sens of ordinary things (peace) – Przemyslaw Sanecki | 2024 | 2’30 | France-Pologne
Your father was born 100 years old – Razan Al Salah | 2017 | 7′ | Palestine-Liban-Canada
Sorrow – Fran Orallo | 2024 | 1’55 | Écosse
It’s a lack of – Valérie LeBlanc, Daniel H. Dugas | 2024 | 1’43 | Canada
In praise of the word – Lisi Prada | 2024 | 2’30 | Espagne
Dormeurs du Val – Elsa Muller | 2018 | 5’15 | France
Souviens-toi – Juan Desteract | 2022 | 1’31 | France-Argentine
My grandfather crossed from Palestine with a horse… – Sarah Beddington | 2017-2024 | 3’33 | UK
Lettre ouverte à toi Palestine – Sarah Violaine | 2024 | 3’22 | France