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Charlottenborg Art Talk: Mohamed Bourouissa
Just before the opening of the solo exhibition with Mohamed Bourouissa, curator Henriette Bretton-Meyer and the French-Algerian artist engage in a conversation about the exhibition, the works and the creative process behind them.
The talk takes place at 16.00 in Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s cinema.
The event is in in English and the admission is free, first come, first served.
After the talk, at 17.00-20.00 we invite you to join us for the opening of the exhibition ’HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!!’ by Mohamed Bourouissa. There will be a DJ from 17.00 and you can purchase drinks from Apollo Bar.
The internationally acclaimed artist Mohamed Bourouissa works in the field where documentary and fiction intersect. Bourouissa uses photography, rap music and other modes of expression to call attention to the peripheries of society and challenge the mainstream media’s portrayals of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Widely exhibited around the world, the artist was awarded the British Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize last year.
The exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents a selection of early and recent works and spans many media: photography, sound, installation and video. A major highlight is Bourouissa’s critically acclaimed film installation ‘Horse Day’ (2014–15). Bourouissa moved to a run-down low-income area in Philadelphia, USA with the intention of making an alternative kind of cowboy film – set in the big city and with African-American protagonists – but, after living there for eight months, he ended up doing something else instead. He portrayed the local community in a film documenting Horse Day; an event initiated by Bourouissa, where riders collaborated with local artists on decorating the horses for a show.
The exhibition ‘HARa!!!!!!hAaaRAAAAA!!!!!hHAaA!!!’ with Mohamed Bourouissa at Kunsthal Charlottenborg is curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer and created in close collaboration with Goldsmiths CCA in London, where it was shown earlier this year. The exhibition is supported by the Augustinus Foundation, the Obel Family Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.