When Solidarity Is Not a Metaphor

When Solidarity Is Not a Metaphor, took place during the pre-opening of La Biennale di Venezia 60th International Art Exhibition, imagined solidarity as lived practice. The exhibition offered a counter-space to the reigning agendas of war, patriarchy, and colonialism, and their toxic impacts on human and non-human ecosystems. The exhibiting artists-alumni, residents, and collaborators of both the Cité internationale des arts in Paris and Alserkal Initiatives in Dubai-challenged the understanding of ‘solidarity’ as merely an object of theorising and discourse.
The exhibition was Curated by Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez
Created by Alserkal Initiatives in partnership with Cité internationale des arts
In collaboration with Lightbox
Many of the featured artists in When Solidarity Is Not a Metaphor share a similar destiny of forced displacement and are doubly committed, both to igniting questions that address these displacements and to sustaining ethical practices of production.
The exhibiting artists were:
Majd Abdel Hamid, Yana Bachynska, Rehaf Al Batniji, Saad Eltinay, D Harding, Adelita Husni-Bey, Nge Lay, Koushna Navabi, Museum of Breath, Nepal Picture Library, Shada Safadi, Dima Srouji and Jasbir Puar, Paula Valero Comín.
The exhibition was comprised of a diverse programme with contributions by DAAR - Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care (Bani Khoshnoudi, Magdi Masaraa, Elena Sorokina), Maya Al Khaldi and Sarouna, R22 Tout-Monde, Zora Snake, Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.
Exhibition dates: 16-21 April 2024

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Amazing and very emotive exhibition !! A big applause to the curator Natasa Petresin Bachelez 🎉