{"id":10065,"date":"2019-11-25T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=10065"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:43:31","slug":"eiman-elgibreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/eiman-elgibreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Eiman Elgibreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1221\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10065-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/Eimanlgibreen.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/Eimanlgibreen.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/Eimanlgibreen.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p>By <strong>Joan Farrenkopf<\/strong> November 25, 2019<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10066\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10066 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3292.jpg?resize=281%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3292.jpg?resize=281%2C300&amp;ssl=1 281w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3292.jpg?resize=394%2C420&amp;ssl=1 394w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3292.jpg?w=606&amp;ssl=1 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAfter Illusion\u201d, Eiman Elgibreen \u00a9farrenkopf<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Illusion\u201d Saudi Arabia Pavilion, Eiman Elgibreen, Curator, Zahrah Al Ghamdi, Artist<\/p>\n<p>The pavilion curator Eiman Elgibreen, the assistant professor at the Princess Nourah University in Riyadh, says: \u201c[Al Ghamdi] starts from a medium that recalls abandoned spaces from her childhood, and reshapes it to give it a new life by making it part of her present space, and thus her future memory\u2026 The other reason for choosing Al Ghamdi is her brilliant ability to turn traditional crafts into contemporary art without compromising on any aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10067 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3297.jpg?resize=300%2C204&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3297.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3297.jpg?resize=768%2C522&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3297.jpg?resize=696%2C473&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3297.jpg?resize=617%2C420&amp;ssl=1 617w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3297.jpg?w=913&amp;ssl=1 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zahrah Al Ghamdi, artist. \u00a9farrenkopf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMay You Live in Interesting Times\u201d, the title of the 58<sup>th<\/sup> Venice Biennale brought for the first time in its 124 year history an exhibition representing 53% women solo artists. Of that historic change, the Saudi Arabia Pavilion returned to the Venice Biennale after an eight year hiatus with artist Zahrah Al Ghamdi and curator Eiman Elgibreen \u201cAfter Illusion\u201d. The country was last represented at the 2011 Biennale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Zahrah Al Ghamdi represented her new work in the Pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale 2019. She is known for her site-specific installations that are assembled using natural materials such as sand, rocks and leather. For the exhibition \u201cAfter Illusion\u201d, Al Ghamdi demonstrates the intimate tactile encounter she undergoes in the process of making the work that exhibits her master craftsmanship. The land artist starts from local leather, a medium that recalls abandoned spaces from her childhood and reshapes it in 52,000 pieces. The exhibition aims to recognize, reconnect, and revisit a feeling where one tries to explore something new but rather familiar; a step into an imaginary world created by the artist to seek comfort in her journey towards self-realization.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After Illusion\u201d is curated by Eiman Elgibreen, to reflect on the history of Saudi Arabia and its identity. The team is guided by Project Advisor, Nada Shabout. The title \u201cAfter Illusion\u201d is inspired by a line from an ancient Arabic poem written by Zuhayr bin Ab\u012b S\u016blm\u0101 (b.520 \u2013 d.609), in which he described his struggle to recognize what was \u201chome\u201d after being away for twenty years. Only \u2018illusion\u2019 helped the eighty-year-old poet recognize it \u2013 a state of mind that we fight during our search for the \u2018truth\u2019 but somehow it paves a path to it. Old Arabic poetry is cherished by many Saudis as an important substitute source of \u2018truth\u2019, inspiration and a resort for those who seek assurance.<\/p>\n<p>Eiman Elgibreen states: \u201cSaudis have long been living in interesting times. Their complicated sociocultural history has forced them, and others, to be seen as interesting. There is a sense of lost cultural and historical agency due to the hegemony of global discourse. Their significance has been encapsulated within two narrow historical moments: the emergence of Islam and the discovery of oil, leaving them confused on how to perceive their history outside of those moments, particularly with the absence of visual evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Illusion\u201d is an exhibition that offers an attempt to meditate on the value of \u2018uncertainty\u2019 in opening new doors to self-awareness and transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10068\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10068 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=640%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=696%2C402&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=1068%2C616&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?resize=728%2C420&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/farrenkopfSAIMG_3299.jpg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saudi Arabia Pavilion, \u201cAfter Illusion\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9farrenkopf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/Eimanlgibreen.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listBy Joan Farrenkopf November 25, 2019 \u201cAfter Illusion\u201d Saudi Arabia Pavilion, Eiman Elgibreen, Curator, Zahrah Al Ghamdi, Artist The pavilion curator Eiman Elgibreen, the assistant professor at the Princess Nourah University in Riyadh, says: \u201c[Al Ghamdi] starts from a medium 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