Exhibitions

I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU

ASU Art Museum Moving Target initiative

Arizona State University Art Museum
Sept. 19 - Dec. 12, 2009

Premiered in fall of 2008 as a single channel video project space 

Mounira Al Solh

Mounira Al Solh
The Sea Is a Stereo, Video number 2, Paris without a Sea, 2007-2008
Courtesy of the artist

In the artist's own words:
The Sea Is A Stereo
The Sea Is A Stereo is an ongoing series of reflections on a group of men who swim everyday at the beach in Beirut no matter the circumstances: rain, wind, war, etc. Even as we read this, the men might be swimming or preparing themselves to do so. The project consists of different elements: a number of videos, photographs, a lecture and other materials. I perceive these different materials as different possibilities for making The Sea Is A Stereo, which seems to me a never-ending work – just like the men will never stop swimming.

About the artist:
Mounira Al Sohl currently lives and works in Amsterdam and Beirut. In 2001 she received her degree in painting at Lebanese University, Beirut, and went on to receive a degree in fine arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 2006. Al Sohl’s work recently has been exhibited in solo exhibitions: May B, Squat Deluxe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 150 Watts, Fennel Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon. Recent select group exhibitions include: As If I Don't Fit There, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Let’s Not Swim Than, Montevideo, Temporary Museum Amsterdam; Home Works IV, A Forum on Cultural Practices, Beirut, Lebanon; The Sea Is A Stereo, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, Neitherlands; In Focus, Tate Modern, London; Dochters & Vaders, Black Magic Woman Festival, CBK Bijlmer, The Netherlands; Snow Peaks, Kunsteyssen, Alkmaar, The Netherlands; Foreword, Pavilion of Lebanon, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy; 2732 KM from Beirut, Hebbel Theater, Berlin, Germany; Mr. Miyagi, MAMA showroom for media and moving art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Catalyst, Vlaams Cultureel Centrum de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam; Chou Tabkha Ya Mara, The Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon; Rietveld in the Church, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam; Below Zero, 66 East: Centre for Urban Culture, Amsterdam; Zoom is available, Club11, Amsterdam; Thupelo Workshop Exhibition, South African National Gallery Annex, Cape Town, South Africa. In 2007 the artist received a Uriòt Prize and a Culture Department of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Award.

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