May 24, 2023, 2 PM
Many thanks to the gallery director Adina Bayer and Hendrike Nagel introducing our participants to the concept, program & history of Mehdi Chouakri and guiding us through the exhibition In Search Of The Heptahedron by Saâdane Afif at Fasanenplatz & Malte Otto through the show The Coalman by Saâdane Afif at Wilhelm Hallen. The visit is part of the BAI Studio Program | Berlin Artist Residency, Art School, Arts Incubator, and Live Online Courses & Classes.
Exhibition Date: May 02 – June 17, 2023
Location 1: In Search Of The Heptahedron by Saâdane Afif, Fasanenplatz, Fasanenstrasse 61, 10719 Berlin
Opening Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 6 PM
Exhibition Date: April 29 – July 22, 2023
Location 2: The Coalman by Saâdane Afif, Wilhelm Hallen, Kopenhagener Strasse 60-72, 13407 Berlin
Opening Hours: Saturday, 11 AM – 6 PM and by appointment
“The two exhibitions In Search of the Heptahedron and The Coalman are continuations of a cycle of exhibitions and events based on the play. The Heptahedron(2017), written by the French author Thomas Clerc after a performance by Afif that took place during the Marrakesh Biennale (2014). In the script, the heroine Yasmine is looking for a seven-sided polyhedron – a heptahedron. On her quest, she encounters seven enigmatic characters: the Professor, the Bonimenteur, the Moped Rider, the Fortune Teller, the Coalman, an Acrobats and the Tourist. They each reveal a part of the secret of the object of her desire. This classical and simple storyline feeds many of Afif‘s recent works, which become an allegory of the artist‘s place in the society.” (Text by courtesy of Mehdi Chouakri)
More information on the Mehdi Chouakri Website.
