Bøger af Omar Kholeif

A look at how the internet and post-millenial technologies have transformed our ways of seeing and birthed a new form of culture.The way we see the world has changed drastically since NASA released the “blue marble” image of the earth taken by Apollo 17 in 1972. No longer a placid slow-moving orb, the world is now perceived as a hothouse of activity and hyper-connectivity that cannot keep up with its inhabitants. The internet has collectively bound human society, replacing the world as the network of all networks. In Goodbye, World! Looking at Art in the Digital Age, writer and curator Omar Kholeif traces the birth of a culture propagated but also consumed by this digitized network. Has the internet transformed the way we see and relate to images? How has the field of perception been altered by evolving technologies, pervasive distribution, and our interaction with screens? How have artists working in diverse contexts, from eBay auctions to augmented reality, created new ways of emoting that are determined by these technologies? Focusing on a cultural and artistic landscape that has taken shape since the year 2000, Kholeif aims to put into context a new language for seeing, feeling, and being that has emerged through post-millennial technologies, and argues for a nuanced understanding of the post-digital condition. Taking cues from John Berger''s Ways of Seeing and Alvin Toffler''s Future Shock, this book—part memoir, part critical analysis—should prove essential for anyone interested in the changing world of the internet.

"The many worlds of Sonia Balassanian, an Iranian American political artist of Armenian descent who came to renown in the 1980s and early 1990s. 'Imagine Otherwise' is an anthology of books on queer, non-binary, or female-identifying artists who have produced a substantial body of work but may have no publication concerning their art or life in print at the time of commissioning. The overall proposition, to "imagine" a world "otherwise," stems from the desire to find a different way of looking, writing, and reading about art. Can art be examined unreservedly, unburdened of the limits imposed by any perceived "dominant hand" of hegemony? In the first volume of the series, author Dr. Omar Kholeif reveals a deeply personal portrait of Iranian Armenian American artist Sonia Balassanian. Weaving through poetry, memoir, and historical anecdote, Kholeif explodes the edges of the New York art world, tracing the contours of Balassanian's world."

A leading figure in the world of networked culture explores the artists and events that defined the mass medium of our time Since 1989, the year the World Wide Web was born, the art world has grappled with the rise of networked culture. This unprecedented survey of the artists and innovators in this area from 1989 to today is interwoven with the personal narrative of one of the leading voices on the digital world. In this book, Omar Kholeif, whose prolific career parallels the growth of the internet, tells the story of this mass medium and how it has fostered new possibilities for artists, both analog and digital. The book showcases work spanning a range of media from legendary artists including Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Naim June Paik, Heather Philipson, and Wu Tang. Tracing the key artists and innovators from the emergence of browser-based art to the dawn of NFTs, this is a tale for the present and the future.

Erzählungen aus der Diaspora»In the Heart of Another Country« erkundet den Heimatbegriff als Gefühl der Sehnsucht und Zugehörigkeit von KünstlerInnen verschiedener Diasporagruppen. Ausstellung und Buch widmen sich der Frage, in welcher Weise physische Bewegung - Mobilität über Ländergrenzen hinweg - die Rahmenbedingungen des internationalen zeitgenössischen Kunstschaffens formten. Auf ihren Migrationsrouten durch­querten die KünstlerInnen Süd- und Westasien, Afrika und die Karibik. Die meisten von ihnen leben heute über die ganze Welt verstreut und weit von den Orten entfernt, zu denen sie sich ursprünglich zugehörig fühlten. Mit 150 Kunstwerken aus der inte­r­nationalen Sammlung der Sharjah Art Foundation, VAE, präsentiert »In the Heart of Another Country« die Arbeit von mehr als 60 KünstlerInnen aller Kunstrichtungen. Viele dieser Werke wurden bisher selten oder nie außerhalb ihres ursprünglichen ­­Zu­sam­menhangs ausgestellt. Die Exponate reichen von frisch ­restaurierten Installationen bis zu aktu­ellen Neu­erwerbungen, die verbunden sind durch ein gemeinsames Narrativ der Zugehörigkeit - häufig vor dem Hintergrund politischer Unruhen und ­sozialer Konflikte. »In the Heart of Another Country« steht für das Ziel der Sharjah Art Foundation, mit ihrer Sammlung Kunst zu zeigen, die Ost-Ost- und Süd-Süd-Bündnisse postuliert und diese an einem Schnittpunkt zusammenzuführen, um eine fruchtbare Grundlage für eine vielstimmige und ­inklusive Kunstgeschichte zu schaffen.Ausstellung:Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 28/10/2022 - 14/3/2023KünstlerInnen:Bani Abidi, Sarah Abu Abdallah, Etel Adnan, Latif Al Ani, Khadim Ali, Halil Altindere, Minam Apang, Rasheed Araeen, Thuraya Al Baqsami, Shiraz Bayjoo, Semiha Berksoy, Huma Bhabha, Huguette Caland, CAMP, Tony Chakar, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Tiffany Chung, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Simone Fattal, Marcos Grigorian, Abbas Habiballa, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Rokni Haerizadeh, Taloi Havini, Susan Hefuna, Adam Henein, Lubaina Himid, Emily Jacir, Hayv Kahraman, Ali Kazim, Amal Kenawy, Aisha Khalid, Anuar Khalifi, David Koloane, Farideh Lashai, Tala Madani, Taus Makhacheva, Jumana Manna, Marwan, Ibrahim Massouda, Ahmed Mater, Ahmed Morsi, Fateh Moudarres, Michael Rakowitz, Marwan Rechmaoui, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Mohan Samant, Hrair Sarkissian, Hassan Sharif, Wael Shawky, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Ahmed Shibrain, Shahzia Sikander, Rayyane Tabet, Richard Lokiden Wani, Nari Ward, Lionel Wendt, Kamal Youssef, Akram Zaatari

Renowned contemporary artists and writers address the intersection of art, global politics, and emerging technologies.

Coinciding with a major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, this anthology of essays and reflections casts a discursive and critical light on the work of artists engaging with the internet and digital technologies today.

The essential guide for any art aficionado keen to put their finger on the pulse of tomorrow's art.

The first publication covering the practice of Toronto-based artist Abbas Akhavan, examining a large body of his work over the course of his career.

Engaging with sexuality, self-representation and language, Eddie Peake's latest installation is a spectacle that posits the body as a sculptural and sexual object. Accompanying the artist's exhibition at the Curve, Barbican, London (9 October 2015-10 January 2016), this volume examines the playful web of performance, sculpture, video and painting that Peake has specifically created for the space. Incorporating a raised walkway as a stage for performers to carry out a looped choreography of dance movements, the installation also features numerous video works and sculptures that together convey a narrative of voyeuristic desire. Alongside installation views, related work and an interview with the artist by Alona Pardo, an essay by Omar Kholeif explores the broad set of allusions embedded within Peake's work, from the classical nude to popular culture and underground music. This is the second title in a publication series by Barbican Art Gallery and Ridinghouse that focuses on the Curve exhibition programme.