The UK’s largest Napoleonic Era Fortress, The Citadel, opens its doors for the first time to the public for a free art exhibition.
Tamara Al-Mashouk presents 'I’d search forever, I want to remember' in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts, Dover Arts Development, Shubbak Festival and Frieze No.9 Cork Street. A multidisciplinary body of work by artist Tamara Al-Mashouk that asks if matter and place remember the way our bodies do.
I’d search forever, I want to remember has two planned presentations: June 24th 2023 in Dover and July 20th - 23rd in London.
The Citadel in Dover: Set in a fortress built in the 1700s on the cliffs of Dover, the day-long programme features the exhibition, guided tours with the creative team, ceramics and craft workshops centering memory and place, a dance performance by Fadi Giha and food and drinks served by Borough Market’s Juma Kitchen. The day begins at 11am and culminates at sunset with a participatory performance inviting the audience to hold space together with the artist(s) for a moment of collective remembrance.
The Citadel Dover
Kent
CT17 9DR
Open to the public:
24th June 2023
11am - 9pm
(participatory performance at 7pm)
Admission is free.
Tickets can be booked here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/id-search-forever-i-want-to-remember-tickets-611430122957
The work presented is the result of a gathering of artists thinking and organising together. Manon Schwich, Sami El-Enany, Parker Heyl, Angus Frost, Lorella Bianco, Fadi Giha and Patricia Doors join Al-Mashouk in considering sites of solace within embodied experiences of hyper-politicisation.
I’d search forever, I want to remember is the culmination of a body of work that began in 2018 with a 10.5 hour durational performance by Al-Mashouk titled Can you die if you don’t exist? where she read the names of 34,361 refugees who died on their way to Europe off The List (published by The Guardian, 2018). The performance was for Deeplab and commissioned by Mediale.
I’d search forever, I want to remember is commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Arts Council England and co-commissioned by Shubbak Festival. In partnership with: Dover Arts Development, The Citadel, Refugee Week, SENSE, Samphire and Future Foundry.
Tamara Al-Mashouk is a visual artist who incorporates strategies of hosting, art making and live performance across her multi-disciplinary projects. These days, she can’t stop thinking about where memory is stored, about the spirits of water and about how to create spaces of collective healing. She explores her ideas through multi-channel video, performance and architectural installation.
For all press enquiries please contact lara@thecitadel.co.uk
