The Circle
by Bouchra Khalili
Friday, 22 september - 2:00 PM
Sunday, 24 september - 10:00 AM
Monday, 25 september - 10:00 AM
Tuesday, 26 september - 10:00 AM
Wednesday, 27 september - 10:00 AM
Thursday, 28 september - 10:00 AM
Friday, 29 september - 10:00 AM
Saturday, 30 september - 10:00 AM
Sunday, 01 october - 10:00 AM
Monday, 02 october - 10:00 AM
Tuesday, 03 october - 10:00 AM
Wednesday, 04 october - 10:00 AM
Thursday, 05 october - 10:00 AM
Friday, 06 october - 10:00 AM
Saturday, 07 october - 10:00 AM
Sunday, 08 october - 10:00 AM
Saturday, 23 september - 10:00 AM
Le 15 - Central Tunis
Produced by Bouchra Khalili & Alexandre Kauffmann.
Co-commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Luma Foundation, Macba (Barcelona).
Special thanks: Central Tunis, Le Polygone étoilé (Marseille), La Friche Belle de Mai (Marseille).
The Movement of Arab Workers and its theater groups were pioneering autonomous organizations of Maghrebi workers in 1970’s France, engaged in struggle for equal rights at work, housing, and for the right to cultural and artistic expression of migrants.
The Circle builds upon Bouchra Khalili!s ten years investigation into the Movement of Arab Workers (MTA) and its theatre groups ‘Al Assifa’ (The Tempest in Arabic) and ‘Al Halaka’ (for the Circle, the Assembly, in Arabic), evidenced in her film The Tempest Society (2017, premiered at documenta 14), a book of the same title (Book Works, 2019), and the sound work An Audio Family Album (2020).
The Circle unfolds the complex constellation of events and people that gave birth to the Movement of Arab Workers and its theater groups in 1973 and that culminated with the candidacy of « Djellali Kamal » - a pseudonym for an anonymous member of Al Assifa - to the French presidential election in 1974. Brought together, the multi-layered stories and the interwoven media deployed in The
Circle (video, 16mm film, photography, performances, storytelling, and archival material) pose the questions: How a marginalized group can make itself visible? How do we inherit a suppressed heritage? How do we transmit it?
▪ Meeting with the artist Bouchra Khalili, moderated by the curator Hoor Al Qasimi
24 September 2023 at 11am
Le 15 - Central Tunis (map)
Free - in English, with French interpreting
Practical information
Le 15 - Central Tunis (map)
Sep. 22 from 2pm to 6pm
23 Sep. > 8 Oct. from 10am to 6pm
Languages: French with Arabic subtitles
>> Meeting with artist Bouchra Khalili at the Le 15 - Central Tunis on 24 Sept. at 11am - Free admission
Duration
60 mins - Continuous
Price information
Daily Dream Pass for 5 TND
