01.08.-13.09.2022.
@ Trg sv. Marka, Korčula
0-24 h
Wi-Fi gallery grey) (area
connect with your personal mobile device
Artist: Nour Sokhon
Curator/s: Darko Fritz, Format C
In collaboration with: Korčula Town Museum, Format C
Supported by: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Kultura nova Foundation, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Korčula Town
The exhibition showing the work “Tumultuous Convolutions” (2020-2021) by the artist Nour Sokhon can be accessed at the main square of the town of Korčula. The exhibition is visible through personal mobile devices, connecting via the “grey) (area” Wi-Fi network. This is a new digital art presentation format organized by the grey) (area association - a space of contemporary and media art from Korčula, realized in cooperation with the Format C Art Organization based in Zagreb and the Korčula Town Museum.
“Tumultuous Convolutions” serves as an emotional timeline, which narrates the horrific tale of information overload which Lebanese citizens have witnessed particularly from the end of 2019 (The Lebanese Revolution, The Economic Collapse, The Pandemic and the August 4th Beirut Port Blast) to this present day. On international news platforms brief highlights of the violent events which take place in the country are shared, however limited information is presented about the labyrinth state of mind which “Tumultuous Convolutions” narrates through text and sound. The soundscape is composed of interview material and field recordings from Lebanon. The interviews contain stories shared by a female volunteer that worked in the Red Cross in Beirut, and fragments from a conversation with Dr. Jessica Argo, whose research focuses on immersive soundscapes to elicit anxiety in exposure therapy. The field recordings used were collected in different parts of the country from 2019 - 2020.
The gray) (area Wi-Fi gallery has been set up on Pivilion, a free and open operating system developed by Dina Karadžić and Vedran Gligo of Format C. The wireless local area network (WLAN) is freely available, and introduces digital artworks automatically, without a password or further action, to anyone connecting with the Wi-Fi network. In the coming years grey) (area’s Wi-Fi Gallery will be permanently available on Korčula’s St. Mark's Square, presenting works chosen by curators from grey) (area and Format C.
About the author:
Nour Sokhon is a Lebanese artist based between Beirut, Lebanon and Berlin, Germany.
Her creative practice is centered around exploring different methods of working with artistic research including interview material, field recordings and recorded material from an organized site specific intervention. The research is then translated into sound/music compositions, performances, interactive installations and moving image work.
In 2014, Nour achieved an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from the American University in Dubai, and in 2017 she received her Master’s degree in Sound for the Moving Image at the Glasgow School of Art in the UK.
In 2019, Nour received the Emerging Artist Prize at the Sursock Museum in Lebanon. She recently completed the Sound Art 2020 scholarship awarded by the Lower Saxony and the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig, Germany. Nour has exhibited or performed in many events spanning 4 continents and the online domain. She is a member of two sound collectives, Tse Tse Fly Middle East and Heya.
Umjetnica: Nour Sokhon
Kustosi: Darko Fritz, Format C
U suradnji sa: Gradski muzej Korčula, Format C
Potpora: Ministarstvo kulture i medija RH, Zaklada Kultura nova, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska županija, Grad Korčula
Izložba Jake konvolucije (Tumultuous Convolutions) libanonske umjetnice Nour Sokhon predstavljena je na glavnom trgu grada Korčule, Trgu sv. Marka, do 14. 9. 2022. godine. Izložba je vidljiva preko osobnih mobilnih uređaja, spajanjem na Wi-Fi mrežu 'siva) (zona'. Riječ je o novom formatu prezentacije umjetničkih digitalnih radova u organizaciji udruge sive) (zona - prostor suvremene i medijske umjetnosti iz Korčule, koji je ostvaren u suradnji s umjetničkom organizacijom Format C iz Zagreba i Gradskim muzejom iz Korčule.
Rad "Jake konvolucije" služi kao emocionalna vremenska crta koja prepričava užasavajuću priču o preopterećenju informacijama s kojim su se od kraja 2019. godine do danas mogli susresti građani Libanona (Libanonska revolucija, ekonomski kolaps, pandemija i eksplozija u luci u Beirutu 4. kolovoza). Sažetci burnih događaja u Libanonu prenošeni su putem svjetskih medijskih platformi, ali oni pružaju ograničen broj informacija o zapletenom stanju uma kojeg djelo Jake konvolucije prezentira putem zvuka i teksta. Zvukobraz (soundscape) se sastoji od snimki intervjua i terenskih snimci iz Libanona. Intervjui sadrže priče volonterke koja je radila u beirutskom Crvenom Križu te fragmente razgovora s dr. Jessicom Argo, koja se u svojim istraživanjima fokusira na zvukobraze koji izazivaju tjeskobu kao dio terapije izlaganjem. Terenske su snimke prikupljene na različitim lokacijama u državi od 2019. do 2020.
Wi-Fi galerija siva) (zona je digitalna galerija postavljena na otvorenom i slobodnom operativnom sustavu Pivilion koji su razvili Dina Karadžić i Vedran Gligo (Format C). Bežična lokalna mreža (WLAN Wireless Local Access Network) slobodno je dostupna i automatski (bez lozinke ili daljnjih radnji) počinje predstavljanje digitalnog rada svakome tko se spoji na Wi-Fi mrežu. Wi-Fi galerija sive) (zone sljedećih godina bit će dostupna na Trgu sv. Marka u Korčuli u svakom trenu, a umjetničke radove će odabirati kustosi iz organizacija siva) (zona i Format C.
O autorici:
Nour Sokhon libanonska je umjetnica sa sjedištem u Beirutu, Libanon i Berlinu, Njemačka. Njeno se stvaralaštvo fokusira na proučavanje različitih metoda rada s umjetničkim istraživanjem, uključujući intervju materijale, terenske snimke te snimljene materijale sa site specific intervencija. Istraživanja su tada pretočena u zvučno/glazbene kompozicije, performanse, interaktivne instalacije i radove s pokretnim slikama. Godine 2014. Nour završava preddiplomski studij Likovnih umjetnosti na Američkom sveučilištu u Dubaiju, a 2017. magistrira Sound for the Moving Image na Glasgow School of Art u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu. Godine 2019. Nour je osvojila Emerging artist Prize u Sursock muzeju u Libanonu. Nedavno je dovršila Sound Art 2020 stipendiranje koje dodjeljuje Lower Saxony i Sveučilište umjetnosti u Braunschweigu, Njemačka. Nour je izlagala ili održavala performanse u sklopu brojnih događaja preko 4 kontinenta ili u online domeni. Ona je dio dva zvučna kolektiva, Tse Tse Fly Middle East i Heya.
