➔ Exhibition text (PDF)
➔ Conversation between Lydia Ourahmane and Elena Filipovic (PDF)
➔ Press images (ZIP)
A ransom, an illicit border crossing, an exchange of nationality: Transactions of different sorts are often the conceptual starting point for Lydia Ourahmane’s (* 1992) art. The results encompass video, sound, performance, sculpture, and installation, exploring the way histories of displacement and colonial oppression are inscribed upon bodies. For her first exhibition in Switzerland, the Algerian-born artist presents a newly commissioned work.
Press clippings:
Künstler, die uns aufgefallen sind, Monopol Magazin (02/2021)
Doppelt hält besser, Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (03/2021)
Das Monster in uns, Basler Zeitung (03/2021)
Von Körperteilen und dem Gefühl des Zuhauseseins, Radio X (03/2021)
Lydia Ourahmane “Barzakh” Kunsthalle Basel, Flash Art (03/2021)
Ein Raum auf Reisen, Swiss-Architects (04/2021)
Zuhause bei Lydia Ourahmane, kunstkunstkunst.ch (04/2021)
A Story of Displacement, NERO Editions (04/2021)
Die Macht im Körper, WOZ (04/2021)
La Kunsthalle de Bâle, espace d’habitation (Le Courrier, 05/2021)
Intimate Dislocations: On Lydia Ourahmane’s Barzakh, Flash Art (08/2021)
The Top 10 Shows in the EU of 2021, Frieze (12/2021)