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Curated by Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Natasha Ginwala <\/strong>and Zeynep \u00d6z<\/strong>, Sharjah Biennial 16 features works by more than 190 participants, including over 200 new commissions.<\/p>\n

The SB16 Opening Programme weekend, which runs at locations in Sharjah City, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Kalba, Al Madam and other venues across Sharjah, will give us a chance to see how the curators have approached their theme \u2013 ‘to carry’. That’s described as “a multivocal and open-ended proposition … The ever-expanding list of what to carry, and how to carry it, is an invitation to encounter the different formations and positions of the five curators as well as the constellation of resonances they have gathered”.\u00a0 What do we carry when it is time to travel, flee or move on? What are the passages that we form as we migrate between territories and across time? What do we carry when we remain? What do we carry when we survive?<\/p>\n

So sB16 curatorial projects reflect on what it means to carry change and its technological, societal, animistic or ritualistic possibilities. “As carriers of different processes and offerings, the curators have cultivated their projects together and apart, allowing room for listening, mutual support and the sharing of resources.”<\/p>\n

SB16 runs to 15 June. Here’s the opening programme:<\/p>\n

\n

6 February <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

10an-10.20am Official Opening<\/strong> Al Mureijah Square\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome remarks by Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, followed by an introduction to Sharjah Biennial 16 by the curators<\/p>\n

10.20am-12pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>: Galleries 1\u20136 and heritage houses Al Mureijah Square
\n<\/em>Performance\/Activation<\/strong>: Michael Parek\u014dwhai Gallery 3
\n<\/em>Performance\/Activation<\/strong>: John Clang Bait Hussein Makrani
\n<\/em>Activation<\/strong>: Jorge Gonz\u00e1lez Santos Bait Haider Abadi<\/em><\/p>\n

12.30pm\u20131.30pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>: Calligraphy Square<\/p>\n

1 pm\u20131.30 pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>: Reetu Sattar Calligraphy Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

1.45 pm\u20132.15 pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>: Bank Street Building<\/em><\/p>\n

2.30pm-3.30pm<\/p>\n

Lunch<\/strong> Bait Obaid Al Shamsi<\/em><\/p>\n

3.30pm-5.30pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>: Arts Square Bait Al Serkal, Majlis, Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, Sharjah Art Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

3.30pm\u20134.00pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Sancintya Mohini Simpson Bait Obaid Al Shamsi<\/em><\/p>\n

4.00pm\u20134.30pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Rully Shabara\u00a0 Arts Square<\/em><\/p>\n

4.45pm\u20135.30pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Mila Turajli\u0107 Collections Building<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

7 February<\/span> <\/strong><\/h4>\n

9am-10am The Flying Saucer \/ Al Madam \/ Al Dhaid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>:\u00a0 Flying Saucer<\/em><\/p>\n

11.30am\u201312.30pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>. Al Madam Buried Village Al Madam<\/em><\/p>\n

1.30pm\u20133.00pm<\/p>\n

Lunch<\/strong> Old Al Dhaid Clinic<\/em><\/p>\n

3.00pm\u20135.30pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>. Al Dhaid venues Old Al Dhaid Clinic, Arts Palace and Farm<\/em><\/p>\n

3.30pm\u20134.00pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Luana Vitra Old Al Dhaid Clinic<\/em><\/p>\n

4.30pm\u20135.00pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Joe Namy Arts Palace and Farm, Al Dhaid<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

8 February<\/span><\/h4>\n

10.00am\u20131.00pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>: Al Hamriyah Al Hamriyah Studios, Old Al Diwan Alamiri<\/em><\/p>\n

12.00pm\u20131.00pm<\/p>\n

Lunch<\/strong> Old Al Diwan Alamiri<\/em><\/p>\n

2.00pm\u20133.30pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>. Old Al Jubail Vegetable Market<\/em><\/p>\n

3.00pm\u20133.30pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Ellen Pau Old Al Jubail Vegetable Market<\/em><\/p>\n

4.00pm\u20137.00pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>. Al Qasimiyah School<\/em><\/p>\n

4.30pm\u20136.00pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Bilna\u2019es Al Qasimiyah School<\/em><\/p>\n

8.00pm\u20139.00pm<\/p>\n

Film<\/strong>. Roy Samaha Mirage City Cinema, Al Mureijah Square<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

9 February<\/span><\/h4>\n

10.00am\u201312.00pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>. Kalba Ice Factory<\/em><\/p>\n

10.30am\u201311.00am<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>: Septina Layan Kalba Ice Factory<\/em><\/p>\n

12.00pm\u20131.30pm<\/p>\n

Lunch<\/strong>: Fen Caf\u00e9 & Restaurant, Kalba Ice Factory<\/em><\/p>\n

3.00pm\u20134.00pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>: Buhais Geology Park<\/em><\/p>\n

5.00pm\u20136.00pm<\/p>\n

Tour<\/strong>. House of Wisdom, Sharjah<\/em><\/p>\n

7.00pm\u20138.00pm<\/p>\n

Performance<\/strong>. Tishani Doshi Sharjah Performing Arts Academy<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some performances are seated and spaces may be limited. Check the programme<\/a> \u2013 you may be need to preregister separately.<\/p>\n

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