 Abou-Rahme and Abbas (2006) | |
| Nickname | Abbas and Abou-Rahme |
|---|---|
| Type | Artist duo |
| Fields | Video art, installation art, sound art, performance art |
| Website | Official website |
Basel AbbasandRuanne Abou-Rahme (both are born 1983), are an artist duo. Abbas is a Cypriot of Palestinian-descent visual artist and filmmaker; and Abou-Rahme is an American of Palestinian-descent visual artist and filmmaker. [1] [2] They utilize images, audio, text, installations, and performance in their work. [3]
Basel Abbas was born in 1983 in Nicosia, Cyprus. [4] Abbas worked as a sound engineer for the hip hop trio, Ramallah Underground. [5] He has also worked as an installation artist, video artist, and performance artist.
Ruanne Abou-Rahme was born in 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.. [3]
They work between Ramallah and New York City. [6]
Abbas and Abou-Rahme first began collaborating in 2009. [7] Their approach to artwork has largely involved sampling both archival material and self-authored materials, in the mediums of sounds, images, text, objects, and performance; and then creating something new. Abbas and Abou-Rahme coined the term "archival multitude," and describe the act of archiving as a performance anyone could participate in. [8]
Their work has been featured in exhibitions at the ICA Philadelphia, Portikus, The Palestinian Museum, Kunsthalle Wien, the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, and the ICA London. [9] In 2009, Abbas and Abou-Rahme performed with the hip-hop trio Ramallah Underground, as the Ramallah Syndrome project which was featured in the Palestine Exhibition at the 53rd Venice Biennale. [5] In 2013 they were also inaugural fellows at the Akademie der Kunst der Welt in Cologne, Germany. [10] Abou-Rahme and Abbas exhibited their work Oh Shining Star Testify (2019/2022) at Hamburger Bahnhof as part of the 12th Berlin Biennale in 2022. [11] [2] They exhibited May amnesia never kiss us on the mouth (2022) at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City; which was part of an ongoing series started in 2020 about Palestinian loss, colonial violence, displacement, and forced migration. [12] [13] [14] [15]
They were award recipients of the Sharjah Biennale Prize (2015) and the Abraaj Prize (2016). [9]
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