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YAZ – Sharjah Biennial 16

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This publication is one of the catalogues accompanying Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry (6 February–15 June 2025), each dedicated to the Biennial's curatorial propositions. Edited by Zeynep Öz, this volume explores the relationship between publication and exhibition-making, examining how spatial narratives, material histories and systems of knowledge shape encounters with contemporary art. Drawing on the YAZ Publication Series, it positions publishing as both a curatorial tool and a framework for navigating the Biennial.
Bringing together documentation of the artworks and exhibitions with commissioned essays, excerpts from the YAZ Publications, conversations and reflections from March Meeting and April Acts, the catalogue offers insight into the research, exchanges and collaborative processes that informed this curatorial proposition. It also traces the exhibition's development through spatial legends, installation documentation and related programmes, revealing the constellation which shaped the formation of YAZ.
The catalogue includes a foreword by Hoor Al Qasimi; a curatorial essay YAZ by Zeynep Öz; a commissioned essay by Gökçe Günel; a conversation from April Acts between Celia and Olivia Plender as well as Mahmoud Khaled and Yasmine El Rashidi.
Featuring Akira Ikezoe, Akram Zaatari, Ana Iti, Ayman Zedani, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Claudia Martínez Garay, Day to Day (Ayşe İdil İdil, Betül Aksu, Okyanus Çağrı Camcı with Merve Elveren), Dilek Winchester, Doruntina Kastrati, Driant Zeneli, Emre Hüner, Fatma Belkıs, Fatma Belkıs and Onur Gökmen, Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Hellen Ascoli, Joe Namy, Liu Chuang, Luana Vitra, Mahmoud Khaled, Nadia Christidi with Sary Moussa and Joseph Kai, Noémie Goudal, Olivia Plender, Paky Vlassopoulou, Pastizal Zamudio with Andrea Torreblanca, Rafaat Majzoub, Roy Samaha, RRD, Sevil Tunaboylu, Vitória Cribb, Vladen Joler, Wael Shawky, You'll Know When You Get There (Ayumi Paul, Rajyashri Goody, Fazal Rizvi with Natasha Ginwala), Ximena Garrido-Lecca.

See also the other two volumes: Ihi and Rossestrata: Trajectory/Translation.
Edited by Zeynep Öz.
Contributions by Ana Iti & Megan Tamati-Quennell, Andrea Torreblanca, Ayoung Kim, Ayşe İdil İdil, Betül Aksu, Okyanus Çağrı Camcı with Merve Elveren, Ayumi Paul, Rajyashri Goody, Fazal Rizvi with Natasha Ginwala, Burak Arıkan, Charles Mudade, Daniela Castro with Natha Calhova, Bianca Foratori, Fabio Morais, Deleuze Was Wrong + Claudio Moreira, Grupo Cena 11, Dawn Chan, Ecem Arslanay, Erica X Eisen, Lexy Funk, Nadir Sönmez, Ekin Tümer with Fatma Belkıs, Hellen Ascoli, Negma Coy, Luisa González-Reiche, Jenna Sutela in conversation with Deniz Kırkalı, May Alqaydi, Meliha Erem, Merve Ertufan & Mochi, Onur Ceritoğlu, Aslı Seven, Jacob Durieux, Sophie Accolas with Aslı Çetinkaya, Sarah Demeuse, Sonia Levy, Filipa Ramos, Gökçen Erkılıç, Aslı Uludağ with Merve Yücel, Sophia Tintori, Taloi Havini, Tobi Maier, Tyler Coburn, Vitória Cribb, Wendy Vogel, Yavuz Selim Güler, Zühal Gems.
 
2026 (publication expected by 4th quarter)
English edition
17,5 x 24 cm (hardcover)
200 pages (94 ill.)
 
forthcoming


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