With artists Jumana Emil Abboud, Majd Abdelhamid, Khalil Rabah
Curated by Lara Khaldi
Wednesday: 15 August l 18:00 – 21:00

The performances engage with the current hosted exhibition Labour of Love, examining the context of embroidery in contemporary art and engaging with various conceptual folds in the exhibition.

Jumana Emil Abboud weaves stories from Palestinian folklore related to embroidered thobs. Taking the audience on a walk in the gardens of the museum, she will be guiding us towards recognizing subterranean water springs, spirits, and magical creatures of the land. While Majd Abdelhamid will be presenting a lecture performance on the creation of a thob for a new city, problematizing the prevalent appropriation and commodification of culture in Palestine today. He will be showing the audience the different patterns and motifs created for the dress as well as their material origin. Khalil Rabah will be questioning a recent strange re-appearance of his project Grafting, 1997 in the Palestinian Museum's gardens.

Programme:
18:00 Lecture Performance by Majd Abdelhamid
19:00 Performative talk by Khalil Rabah, interviewed by Lara Khaldi
20:00 Performance walk with Jumana Emil Abboud

Free. To register, please fill the online form here.