Recording of the conversation between Akram Zaatari and the researcher and curator Moacir dos Anjos on the poetics of the artist from the works presented at the exhibition Tomorrow will be Alright. The event took place in the Galpão VB, during the individual show dedicated to Zaatari's pieces.
Akram Zaatari (Sidon, Líbano, 1966) is a visual artist, curator and one of the founders of the Arab Image Foundation. Working with photography, video, and film, he conducts landmark research into visual heritage in the context of Arab culture. Zaatari explores questions pertaining to identity and the social perception of the body and desire, as well as the connections between individual memory and collective narrative. With two major fronts, one openly political and historical, and the other more overtly tied with the conformations of sexuality— especially the male sexuality—, Akram Zaatari’s oeuvre is a wide-ranging reflection on visual memory and image-based representation modes. His work has been featured in group shows including the Turin Triennial (2008), the biennials of Istanbul (2011), Venice (2013) and São Paulo (2006), and the dOCUMENTA 13 (Kassel, 2012). Solo shows include Projects 100: Akram Zaatari, at the MoMA in New York City (2013), and UNFOLDING, at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2015). His works are in the collections of Tate Modern, in London, Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris, and the MoMA. Akram Zaatari lives and works out of Beirut, Lebanon.
Moacir dos Anjos (Recife, Brazil, 1963) is a contemporary art researcher and curator with the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation in Recife. He is a former director of the Museum of Modern Art Aloísio Magalhães – MAMAM (2001–2006) and a visiting research fellow at TrAIN – Transnational Art, Identity and Nation, in London (2008–2009). Dos Anjos curated the São Paulo Art Biennial (2010) and the exhibits Cães sem Plumas (MAMAM, 2014) and A Queda do Céu (Paço das Artes, 2015). He is the author of the books Local/global – arte em trânsito (Zahar, 2005) and Arte Bra Crítica (WMF Martins Fontes, 2010), and the editor of Caderno Videobrasil 8: Pertença (2013).
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