{"id":1424,"date":"2015-06-08T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2017-04-06T13:12:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T17:12:56","slug":"shaheen-merali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/shaheen-merali\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaheen Merali"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9839\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1424-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/shaheenmeril.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/shaheenmeril.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/shaheenmeril.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><figure id=\"attachment_1426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1426\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1426 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Credit-Image-Studio-Putz--300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"Credit Image -Studio Putz+ \u00a0\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Credit-Image-Studio-Putz--300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Credit-Image-Studio-Putz--624x413.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Credit-Image-Studio-Putz-.jpeg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Studio Putz+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shaheen Merali is a curator and writer, based in London, who\u00a0explores the intersection of art, cultural identity and global histories\u00a0in his work. Previously, he was a key lecturer at Central Saint\u00a0Martins School of Art (1995- 2003); a visiting lecturer and\u00a0researcher at University of Westminster (1997- 2003) and the\u00a0Head of Department of Exhibitions,\u00a0Film and New Media at the\u00a0Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2003-2008) where he curated\u00a0several exhibitions accompanied by publications, including The\u00a0Black Atlantic; Dreams and Trauma- Moving images and the\u00a0Promised Lands; and Re-Imagining Asia, One Thousand years\u00a0of Separation.<\/p>\n<p>Merali was the co-curator of the 6th Gwangju Biennale, Korea\u00a0(2006) and curator of Berlin Heist or the enduring fascination of\u00a0walled cities for the 4th Mediations Biennale, Posnan, Poland\u00a0(2014).\u00a0His recent exhibitions include Refractions, Moving Images on\u00a0Palestine, P21 Gallery, London; When Violence becomes\u00a0Decadent, ACC Galerie, Weimar; Speaking from the Heart,\u00a0Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam and Fragile Hands, University of\u00a0Applied Arts, Vienna.<\/p>\n<p>His essays have been included in recent publications including,\u00a0Contemporary Art from the Middle East, Edited by Hamid\u00a0Keshmirshekan, IB Tauris, 2015; and InFLUX, Contemporary Art\u00a0from Asia, Edited by Parul Dave Mukherji, Naman P.Ahuja, Kavita\u00a0Singh, Sage Publications, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Merali\u2019s monograph essays include writings on Agathe de\u00a0Bailliencourt, Jitish Kallat, Sara Rahbar, TV Santhosh, Cai Yuan\u00a0and JJ Xi (Madforeal) amongst others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">More writing from Merali can be seen in this pdf of <a href=\"http:\/\/framerframed.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/The-Promise-of-Loss.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Promise of Loss.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Read the catalog <a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/fragilehandscatalogue.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fragile Hands here<\/a> and also the <a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/katalogberlinheist5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin Heist catalog is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1470\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1470 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fragile-Hands-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Fragile Hands Poster\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fragile-Hands-Poster.jpg 800w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fragile-Hands-Poster-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fragile-Hands-Poster-624x390.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Rajib Chowdhury, Design Farhad Fazouni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1476\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1476 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/posterberlin-732x1024.png\" alt=\"posterberlin\" width=\"625\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/posterberlin-732x1024.png 732w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/posterberlin-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/posterberlin-624x873.png 624w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/posterberlin.png 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Julian Rosefeldt, Design Farhad Fazouni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/shaheenmeril.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listShaheen Merali is a curator and writer, based in London, who\u00a0explores the intersection of art, cultural identity and global histories\u00a0in his work. 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