Shalay, Maanta, Berri: Artists as Archivists

Shalay, Maanta, Berri: Artists as Archivists

Soomaal House of Art presents a project exploring the production and intersecting relationships between art and archive

Shalay, Maanta, Berri: Artists as Archivists is a project exploring the production and intersecting relationships between art and archive. Artists involved in this project will examine the agentive power of artists in determining and shaping the archival nature of their work and the impact it has on future narratives and historical constructions. 

The inaugural exhibition of this program brings together four artists of various localities and artistic backgrounds to consider, explore and share the archival nature of their artworks; Hodan Farah and Bashir Billow from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jowhara Sheikhomar and Wasima Farah from Minnesota, United States. Through their concerted efforts, the resulting exhibit will provide a framework for the complimenting practices between artists and archivists.

Shalay, Maanta, Berri (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow) will preserve the postliminary archival productions that emerge from this exhibit and made accessible through Soomaal House of Art’s archival repository—a receptacle for contemporary Somali art and artists in Minnesota and beyond.


Artist Talk (Virtual) June 3, 2 PM
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