Navigating Iridescence – Exhibition by Egyptian duo, Lamis Haggag & Mina Nasr
Join us for the exhibition Navigating Iridescence by Egyptian duo, Lamis Haggag & Mina Nasr - The exhibition narrates imaginative stories about the sacred Ibis’ role in ancient Egyptian mythology as the protector of agriculture. Between the Hadada and the Sacred Ibis, the artists weave in different characteristics of both birds, their cultural and mythological relevance with their connection to food and agriculture.
The exhibition mixes textile, painting, drawing, audio and video. Taking their research from the Cooking Sunshine (2022) project hosted in south Egypt, south Tunisia and northern South Africa, the artists render mythological and historical connections.
The exhibition is a project of the Lapa panafrican residency project, hosted in Brixton, it is led by the artist's research and to think with arts practice.
The exhibition runs from 6 April 2024 – 31 May 2024.
Monday to Thursday: 08:30 am - 6:00pm and Friday: 08:30 am - 2:30.
The artists will also host a walkabout at the Goethe-Institut gallery on 20 April 2024 at 11am.
About the artists:
Lamis Haggag and Mina Nasr’s collective practice spans installation, painting, drawing, interactive installation, social practices, interventions and creative writing. Their project has received support so far from different prestigious institutions including Kamel Lazaar Foundation (KLF), Tunisia; Fulbright Alumni Community Action Grant, USA; Canada Council for the Arts Canada; Roberto Cimetia mobility Fund. In addition to recognition from The Nile Journeys organisation and Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS).
Mina Nasr
Nasr has completed his Bachelor of Applied Arts From Helwan University, Egypt and did his Fulbright research grant in Art and Social Justice at Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University, D.C., USA. In previous work, Nasr focused on contemporary issues of climate change caused by building hydropower dams and the effect of man-made obstacles on the environment. He discussed the current African dispute over the Nile among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in the form of an art book in Egypt under the title ‘The Book of Gates'.
Lamis Haggag
Haggag has received an MFA from the University of Calgary, Canada and a BFA from Helwan University in Egypt. Since spring 2020, Haggag has been working on different iterations to a story that follows jasmines which travelled with the dead on the sun barge and got lost in the grey Canadian landscape, only to realise that they changed into Monotropa Unifloras: A fragile, translucent, chlorophyll-less, parasitic plant, Native to Ontario, Canada.
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