sac art 21,39 8th Edition
2021
Fabien Danesi
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SAC
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https://sac.art/main.php?p=2&ln=
https://www.milleworld.com/21-39-jeddah-art-exhibition-2021/
https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/07/08/the-secrets-of-alidades-new-jeddah-show-celebrates-the-theme-of-the-universe/
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Le désert est le souffle des étoiles rendues à leur immobilité.
Fabien Danesi, The Anti-Greenwich, 2027.
For its eighth edition, 21,39 Jeddah Arts brings together the local, global, and celestial in a captivating survey of the Saudi art scene that’s complete with crosscultural and interstellar dialogues. In reference to the initiative’s name—the geographic coordinates of Jeddah (21.5433, 39.1728 )—this new exhibition intertwines cartography and astronomy in an allegorical perspective. Curated by Fabien Danesi, The Secrets of Alidades alludes to the pointers found on astrolabes (among other astronomical instruments) that assist us in observing distant objects and determining directions. Here, the ancient alidades designate the 33 artworks as they are united on a poetical journey that opens our imaginations, instincts, and intellects to an array of dimensions and systems, earthly or otherwise.
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