The Clock Strikes Thirteen

Athr Gallery- Jeddah - KSA
2018
Feb 08 2018 - Apr 03


CURATED BY:
Maya El Khalil

ORGANISED BY: 
Athr Gllery

PRESS:
https://artfacts.net/exhibition/the-clocks-are-striking-thirteen/851363


https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/The-Clocks-are-Striking-Thirteen/36683E68E73ABC51





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“The Clocks Are Striking Thirteen”, a group exhibition, as part of 21,39 Jeddah Arts. The participating artists are Aya Haidar, Ayman Yossri, Dana Awartani, Larissa Sansour, Maha Nasrallah, Moath Alofi, Mohammed Abdelrasoul, Mohammed Al Faraj, Mohammed Monaiseer, Muhannad Shono, Nasser Al Salem, Reem Al Nasser, Sara Abdu, Tamara Al Samerai, Wael Shawky and Zahra Al Ghamdi. The exhibition is curated by Maya El Khalil.
Athr has long prided itself as a space where alternative points of view and ideas can be explored, shared and discussed – artists can create narratives that have provoked debate and at times dissent. It is within this framework of an open and fluid discussion that the gallery has invited artists to respond to a specific condition of our time: the incessant hunger for truth and the role of storytelling.
In a global, connected world, truth is mediated and nuanced by a large variety of lenses, contexts and individual perspectives. However, in “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media” (1988), Chomsky asserts: