Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Born 1983, Nicosia, Cyprus and Boston, USA
Live and work between Palestine and New York, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2015
2014
2011
2009
The Incidental Insurgents, ICA, Philadelphia, USA
Carroll / Fletcher, London, UK
The Incidental Insurgents, Part 2: Unforgiving Years, AKW, Cologne, Germany
The Zone , New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
Collapse , Delfina Foundation, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
The Incidental Insurgents, 10th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
The Incidental Insurgents, 31st Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
El futuro no espera , La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
Tentura and Antitentura , Studio of Young Artists’ Association, Budapest, Hungary
Now Showing: A Group Exhibition of Artists Films, Carroll / Fletcher, London, UK
Private Nationalism, m21 Gallery, Pecs, Hungary
Insert 2014 curated by Raqs Media Collective, New Delhi, India
The Incidental Insurgents, 13 th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
4 th Asian Art Biennial National Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Points Of Departure , ICA, London, UK
6 th Jerusalem Show, Jerusalem
Presenting Absence , Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Loop, Al Hoash Gallery, Jerusalem
Collapse , De Balie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Re-View Videonale, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, Katowice, Poland
6 th Liverpool Biennale, Future Movements: Jerusalem, Liverpool, London
NY LYD Images Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Homeworks V, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon
23es Instants Video, Marseille, France
Twice Is Too Much , Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
Arabicity, The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
53 rd Venice Biennale, Palestinian Pavillion, Venice, Italy
Selected Performances
The Incidental Insurgents: A lecture performance
2013
2012
A Journey Of Ideas Across, Haus der Kulturen der Welt HKW, Berlin, Germany
Scores#7 , Tanzquartier, Museumsquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
Akademie der Kunste der Welt, Cologne, Germany
Tashweesh (Video/Sound performance group)
2013
2012
SPEILART Festival, Munich, Germany
Continuous City, Serpentine Pavilion, London, UK
4 th Guangzhou Triennial, Opera House Guangzhou, China
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Ephemeropterae ˜ Pavilion, Vienna, Austria
2011
2010
The City, The Image , Ramallah, Palestine
De Balle, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Beirut Art Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
Club 50/50, Katowice, Poland
Poetry International South Bank Centre, London, UK
Images Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Space Makers College of Arts, Edinburgh, UK
Beyond Borders Festival, CCA, Glasgow, UK
Palestine Literature Festival, Nablus, Palestine
Duo video and sound performance
2009
3 rd Riwaq Biennale
53 rd Venice Biennale
Residencies/Fellowships/Grants
2014
2013
2012
2009
TBA21, Research Commission, Vienna, Austria
Akademie der Kunste der Welt Fellowship, Cologne, Germany
Young Arab Theatre Fund, Production Grant, Brussels, Belgium
Delfina Foundation, Artist Residency, London, UK
Bibliography
Publications
2014
Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas “May Amnesia Never Kiss Us On The Mouth”
(Manchester, CornerHouse 2014), You Are Here: Art After The Internet, edited by Omar Kholeif
(14 April 2014)
2013 Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas in conversation with Tom Holert (2013) The Archival
Multitude , Journal of Visual Culture, Sage Publications Vol 12 December: 345-363 (online)
Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas, The Incidental Insurgents, Intact Bodies, Theatre der Ziet
(Berlin) No.12 December 2013 (online)
Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas “Incidental Insurgents pt.2” (London, Ibraaz, 2013) Ibraaz
Projects (27 June 2013) (online)
2012 Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas, “ The Zone: Desire and disaster in the Contemporary
Palestinian Landscape” (New York, Printed Matter, Inc., 2012)” Artists and Activists Series
(2012) no.19 (online)
2011 Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas “ The Zone” (Ramallah, Art Territories, 2011)“ Designing
Civic Encounter (2011) (online)
Reviews & Articles
2014
2013
Watts, Jonathon, “Sao Paulo biennial: radical art and the struggle for survival” (London, The
Guardian, Sep 15, 2014)
Akkermans, Ari, “Invisible Wars” (New York, The Mantle, 2014). The Mantle (Jan 14, 2014)
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, “Highlights 2013-Kaelen Wilson-Goldie” (London, Frieze blog, 2013)”,
Frieze blog (January 03, 2014)
Whitt, Nathan, “Artist Interview: with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, ArtQuest (2013)
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, “Review of the 13 th Istanbul Biennial: Absent Presence” (New York,
ArtForum Inter.Magazine, 2013)”,
Abbot, Guy Mannes-Abbott, “Review: Points Of Departure” (London, Ibraaz, 2013)”, Ibraaz,
(July 29, 2013)
Garcia-Anton, Katya “Focus: Studio Visit, A portrait of the West Bank that fuses fact and fiction”
(London, Frieze, 2013)”, (May 2013) Issue 156
Makhoul, Bashir, “Palestinian Video Art- Constellation of the Moving Image ” (Jerusalem,– Al
Hoash; 1 st edition, 2013)
Rayyan, Alia, “Review: Qalandiya International 1.Kunstbiennale Palastina” (Springerin, 2013)”,
Springerin Heft 1-Winter 2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
Rayyan, Alia, “Review: Die Bilder hinter der Mauer” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2013)”,
NR.96 /27 (German) (April 25, 2013)
Rayyan, Alia, “Review: Against the Flow” (Bonn, Qanatara.de, 2013)”, Qanatara , (April 1,
2013)
Higgie, Jennifer, “Review: Qalandia International” (London, Frieze Blog, 2012)”, Frieze Blog, (
November 21, 2012)
Lawrence, Emily, “Review: Designing Civic encounter” (Electronic Intifada, 2012)”, Electronic
Intifada (February, 2012)
Langret, Eva, “A Conversation with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme on “The Zone””,
Jadaliyya (2011)
Hollows, Jessica, “Review: Tashweesh Performance” (Now Lebanon, Beirut 2011)”, Now
Lebanon (October, 2011)
De Jagger, Lara, “Review: The Zone (London: The Culture Trip LTD, 2011)”, The Culture Trip
Kholeif, Omar, “Review: Future Movements Jerusalem” (London, Frieze Blog, 2010)”, Frieze
Blog, (October, 2010)
Abbot, Guy Mannes-Abbott, “Review: Future Movements at Liverpool Biennial 2010” (Rome,
BabelMed, 2010)”, Babel Med,
Kholeif, Omar, “Review: Arabicity: Such a Near East” (London, Art Monthly, 2010)”, Art
Monthly, (September, 2010)
Sheerin, Mark, “Review: Arabicity: Such a near east” (Brighton, Culture 24, 2010)”, BBC
Liverpool, June, 2010)
BBC Liverpool, “Review: Arabicity: Such a near east” (Liverpool, BBC Liverpool, 2010)”,
Culture (24, July, 2010)
Ritman, Alex, “Running Interference: Tashweesh has come a long way from hip-hop roots”,
The National (May, 2011)
Dewitt, Sophie, “Artists of the month: Tashweesh”, This Week In Palestine , (2010)
Al Sayyed, Amany, “Palestine’s Tashweesh: Performing the intifada in Beirut”, Al Akhbar
English (September, 2011)
AP engine, “Ruanne Abou-Rahme and Basel Abbas on Collapse”, AP engine (2009)