Paper

2009.03

May Hariri Aboutaam

Gift

Gift of Mary Hariri Aboutaam

2008

8 in

12 in

Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking Today's Terminology (2009)

Cultural/Historical Context

"Re-interpreting the Middle East II: Artists Re-thinking Today's Terminology Organizer: May Hariri Aboutaam   Re-interpreting the Middle East is a print exchange and a thematic portfolio that is a foundation for a discussion on paper. It functions as an abstraction of behavior (artistic, cultural and social level) and increases the individual understanding of a particular issue by creating the environment for an interactive and thriving community. This collection furthers the groupís interest to explore the infinite world of terms referring to misrepresentations about the Middle East. This stigmatized Middle East is under a large campaign of invented new terminology some of it action based and some of it descriptive such as: Islam-phobia, the new world, re-create, re-structure, re-map, re-organize all in the name of democratization. Each artist is asked to seek visual representations of these terms within his/her background and experiences.   List of participants: May Hariri Aboutaam, Sadik Alfraji, Samia Allaw, Sama Alshaibi, Stephanie Bacon, Heather Bryant, Dina Charara, Chaouki Chamoun, Youmna Chlala, Matthew J. Egan, Gordon Fluke, Annie Gedicks, Samina Iqbal, Hiba Kalache, Ina Kaur, Zusan Khayrallah, Scott Ludwig, Heather Muise, Candace Nicol, Andrew Polk, Kathryn Reeves, Jeffrey Rollins, Annie Ross, Farouk Saad, Nada shalaby, Ozlem Silverstein, Sylvia Taylor, Melanie walker, Sue Wilson, Melanie Yazzie, Ala younis, Sang Mi Yoo. Stacy Elko, Elizabeth Klimek and Delita Martin."