Marah Haj Hussein
Moving between languages, geographies, voices and imaginations, Language: no problem is an attemp to investigate multilinguism. When speaking more than one language becomes like a navigation compass, the underlaying power relations at play between the languages form a strong gesture by which we are absorbed. How do they interlace in one's mind in an oppressive environment? How could embodying them at once shape our understanding of frontiers and displacement? Join in at Vlaams Cultuurhuis Brakke Grond.
Marah Haj Hussein
A series of conversations
Over a period of two years, the artist, who was born and raised within the borders of Israel, interviewed various members of her family about their relationship to their native language – Arabic – and their relationship to the official language of the country they live in – Hebrew.
The conversations and recordings draw attention to the characteristics and evolution of a language within the social and political circumstances in which it develops. The personal stories reveal the complexity of our reality, which can confuse, (un)predict and perhaps ultimately understand how we view power, borders and displacement.
Dates and times
| Thursday 24 October | 20:00 - 21:00 |
| Friday 25 October | 20:00 - 21:00 |
Marah Haj Hussein
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