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RUYA MAPS would like to hear from established and emerging artists who are based in, or are from, Lima, Peru. The second installment of our new series ‘Creative Cities’ looks at growing art scenes around the world, and will be an exploration of Lima. Programmed around the curatorial theme Knot, we will review Lima as a centre for contemporary art, exploring its artists and thinkers.
RUYA MAPS would like to hear from established and emerging artists who are based in, or are from, Athens, Greece. Our new series ‘Creative Cities’ looks at growing art scenes around the world, and will be launched with an exploration of Athens. Programmed around the curatorial theme Spirit, we will review the recent interest in Athens as a centre for contemporary art, exploring its life energy and vigour as the city recovers from the financial crisis.
We’re excited to be taking part in Refugee Week, an annual festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees, from 15-21 June. This year the theme is ‘Imagine,’ and we will be holding a digital film screening of the short film ‘“Intathirha” (Wait for her),’ followed by a conversation with the Palestinian artist Majd Abdel Hamid.
Over fifty international artists come together to design one poster each, which are offered by organisations as a reward for donations. 2020Solidarity is a Between Bridges project aimed at helping cultural and music venues, community projects, independent spaces and publications that are existentially threatened by the current crisis.
RUYA MAPS would like to hear about the experiences of early-career artists who have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Many of their plans will have been disproportionately affected by the responses of countries around the world, degree shows have been forced online, studio visits halted and arts festivals postponed. We invite emerging artists, ‘the class of 2020,’ to answer a short set of questions.
It's been a year since RUYA MAPS launched! Read on for an overview of our past year, and a look at our future plans.
This episode takes a different turn in its approach to heartbreak, rather than look at romantic or political loss it explores nostalgia for a lost time. Our earliest experiences of heartbreak can be traced to childhood, a period that we cannot return to.
This episode of the Heartbreak series looks at maps, both as material objects and as tools that shape how we see the world we live in. It looks at how maps have been used to divide countries, and how across those same borders they can be used to bring communities together. It takes in the practical implications of map making, such as for refugees who are living in temporary camps, and the romanticised sense of wandering off the beaten path.
In this episode we take a closer look at Layla and Majnun, which has been a popular theme in literature since its origins in Bedouin oral storytelling. Majnun was associated with a real life character who probably lived in the second half of the seventh century in the Arabian peninsula, but by the Persian poet Nizami’s time in the twelfth century there were many variations of the Majnun theme circulating.
In a five part series, the Heartbreak podcast will unpack the different themes of the exhibition. Throughout the run of the 58th Venice Biennale episodes will be released on: Dido and Aeneas, Layla and Majnun, maps, war, and rites of passage.