World Nomads Tunisia: The After Revolution

World Nomads Tunisia: The After Revolution

French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)

Rim Temimi
, A year after, 2012. Digital photography,
4288 X 2848 pixels. Photo by Rim Temimi. 
© Rim Temimi.
April 23, 2013

World Nomads Tunisia: The After Revolution

May 2013

FIAF Gallery
22 East 60th Street, NYC

New Museum IDEAS CITY Festival
235 Bowery, NYC

White Box
329 Broome Street, NYC

5Pointz
45-46 Davis Street, Long Island City, NYC

www.fiaf.org/worldnomads
www.fiaf.org

As part of the fifth edition of its biennial World Nomads festival, this year celebrating the rich arts and culture of Tunisia, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York’s premier French cultural center, presents The After Revolution, a series of unprecedented exhibitions and events focusing on the extraordinary artistic innovation that has permeated the country following the events of January 2011.

In the protests leading to the overthrow of President Ben Ali, Tunisian artists took to the streets by the thousands. Today, artists continue to play an essential role in defending freedom of expression in the nascent democracy. Presented in venues throughout New York City, The After Revolution explores the extraordinary role that visual artists have played, both in documenting the events of the Arab Spring and in galvanizing public discourse as the country emerges from the shadow of dictatorship.

In Lower Manhattan, at contemporary art space White Box, World Nomads Tunisia presents the work of Héla Ammar, Amine Boussoffara, Wassim Ghozlani, Amine Landoulsi, Zied Ben Romdhane, Rim Temimi, and Patricia Triki, seven Tunisian photographers who captured the tumultuous events of the country’s revolution. At FIAF’s Gallery, five leading contemporary Tunisian artists, Héla Ammar, Amel Ben Attia, Nicène Kossentini, Mouna Jemal Siala, and Mohamed Ben Slama present paintings, photographs, and video work addressing important social and political issues and the challenges faced by women in Tunisia today.

Forbidden under Ben Ali, graffiti art has emerged as a powerful form of free expression in Tunisia post-revolution. World Nomads has invited Tunisian graffiti writers eL Seed and Jaye to create original works in venues throughout New York City, including at the New Museum’s IDEAS CITY festival, and the international “graffiti mecca” 5Pointz in Queens.

The After Revolution is curated by Leila Souissi.

World Nomads: Visual arts

The After Revolution at IDEAS CITY Festival
Saturday, May 4, 11am–6pm
Venue: New Museum, IDEAS CITY Festival
235 Bowery
www.newmuseum.org | T 212 343 0460
Transportation: J, Z to Bowery / 6 to Bleecker Street / B, D, F, M to Broadway and Lafayette Streets
Admission: free and open to the public



World Nomads Tunisia invites New Yorkers to view work and meet prolific Tunisian graffiti artists eL Seed and Jaye at the New Museum’s biennial outdoor street fair, IDEAS CITY. Guests can bring their own message of peace to share on canvases prepared by the artists.

The After Revolution at White Box
Saturday, May 4–18
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4, 5–8pm
Venue: White Box
329 Broome Street
www.whiteboxnyc.org | T 212 714 2347
Transportation: J, Z to Bowery / B, D to Grand Street / F to Delancey / 6 to Spring Street
Admission: free and open to the public
Co-presented with White Box

Following the revolution in 2011, Tunisian photographers, required to work with a license under President Ben Ali’s regime, took to the streets to freely capture the momentous response in real time. World Nomads Tunisia presents a selection of these photographs from seven contemporary Tunisian photographers, offering a remarkable view of these important events taken by those who lived through them.

Featuring work by Héla Ammar, Amine Boussoffara, Wassim Ghozlani, Amine Landoulsi, Zied Ben Romdhane, Rim Temimi, and Patricia Triki.

The After Revolution at FIAF
Wednesday, May 8–Saturday, June, 1
Venue: French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
Gallery, 22 East 60th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
www.fiaf.org | T 212 355 6100
Transportation: 4, 5, 6 to 59th Street / N, R, Q to 5th Avenue / F to 63rd Street
Admission: free and open to the public

The FIAF Gallery offers a view of the Revolution’s impact as captured through paintings, photography, and video by five contemporary Tunisian artists whose work is being shown in New York for the first time. Curated by Tunisian-based Leila Souissi, the exhibition features work by four female artists who spotlight the challenges they have faced not just as artists, but also as women.

Featuring work by Héla Ammar, Amel Ben Attia, Nicène Kossentini, Mouna Jemal Siala, and Mohamed Ben Slama.

The After Revolution at 5Pointz
Sunday, May 12–Friday, May 31
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 12, 6–8pm
Venue: 5Pointz
45-46 Davis Street, Long Island City, New York
www.5ptz.com | T 317 219 2685
Transportation: 7 to 45 Road / Court House Square
Admission: free and open to the public
Co-presented with 5Pointz

Forbidden under President Ben Ali, street art has quickly become an important outlet for expression since the Revolution. World Nomads Tunisia is thrilled to welcome internationally renowned Tunisian graffiti artists, eL Seed and Jaye, to New York for the first time to create original works in collaboration with New York-based “writers,” including Meres One, founder of 5Pointz. Followed by a film crew, eL Seed and Jaye will bring their unique style with messages of tolerance and peace to walls in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens at 5Pointz, considered the epicenter of the world’s graffiti scene. On Sunday, May 12, attend a celebratory reception at 5Pointz to view their work and the film documenting their creations around New York City.

About World Nomads Tunisia
The biennial World Nomads Festival, produced by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), celebrates the phenomenon of 21st-century transculturalism through the arts and scholarly discussion, offering a platform for the exchange of ideas and artistic expression among traditional and contemporary cultures. This May, the fifth edition of the Festival arrives at a particularly suitable time to celebrate the many facets of Tunisia. www.fiaf.org/worldnomads

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