Heat Festival ART: Screening Eyes to See
Fri Jul 19, 16:00 - Fri Jul 19, 17:00
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ABOUT
This is a Screening of a film called Eyes to See made by artist Haneem Christian (b.1996-). Christian is a visual poet from Cape Town, South Africa. Working through lens-based media, their practice centres and archives Queer and Pan-African narratives, histories and storytelling – holding community as sacred, divine and critical to their photographic ethics.
Christian has exhibited in notable exhibitions such as International Cape Town Art Fair, 1-54 New York, AKAA, Unseen photo Fair, and Taylor Wessing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. In February 2022, Christian was announced as the winner of the Pride Photo Award 2022. Christian is currently in residency with Magnum Photos. Christian was awarded the National Portrait Taylor Wessing Portrait Award 2022.
Christian is now strongly committed to creating curricula for students who use art as a means of education and emancipation. Bubblegum Club Magazine 2019 states, "Haneem is one of the leading forces of the South African future".
Please arrive early to peruse the exhibitions at the gallery.