Img.1 "Kiluanji Kia Henda: A City Called Mirage", exhibition view, International Studio & Curatorial Program, 2017
Img.2 "Kiluanji Kia Henda: A City Called Mirage", exhibition view, International Studio & Curatorial Program, 2017
Img.3 "Kiluanji Kia Henda: A City Called Mirage", exhibition view, International Studio & Curatorial Program, 2017
Img.4 "Kiluanji Kia Henda: A City Called Mirage", exhibition view, International Studio & Curatorial Program, 2017
In “A City Called Mirage”, Henda considers the birth, life and death of modern cities. In Paradise Metalic (2014), four synchronized videos together recount the construction of an ideal city built on the barren Maliha Desert in Sharjah. At once land art and performance, a new fictional country is established and subsequently demolished in the sand, hauntingly demarcated by stakes in the ground, concrete walls and iron skeletons of buildings.
until 6 October 2017
Kiluanji Kia Henda: A City Called Mirage
curated by Kari Conte
International Studio & Curatorial Program
1040 Metropolitan Ave., New York