Sikka Art Fair 2013
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Sikka Art Fair 2013
Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, Dubai
Third edition. It features an entirely commissioned programme of visual art projects and is growing further afield to support fresh creations by musicians, performers, and filmmakers, as well as multidisciplinary collectives. Special events will include film, live music, cultural walks, talks, workshop, plus an open-studio exhibition from the Artists-in-Residence (AiR) Dubai.
The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the
Emirate’s Authority for culture, arts, and heritage, has invited submissions for emerging Emirati
and UAE-based visual and performing artists and filmmakers, for the 2013 edition of its
contemporary art fair, SIKKA, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture.
The third edition of SIKKA will be held from March 14 to 24, 2013, at the Al Fahidi Historical
Neighbourhood, the cultural nerve-centre of the city, coinciding with Art Week, Dubai’s premier
umbrella arts initiative comprising Art Dubai and Design Days Dubai.
The fair will feature an entirely-commissioned visual arts programme of new work from
emerging Emirati and UAE-based artists. SIKKA will also expand the number of commissions to
encompass film, music, performing arts and other creative initiatives.
Salem Belyouha, Projects & Events Director, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, said: “In three
years, SIKKA has become one of the city’s foremost platforms for emerging artists, providing
our talent with the opportunity to highlight their creative potential. In the next edition, we look
forward to see our city’s aspiring artists push the frontiers to develop bolder works.
“Dubai Culture is committed to promoting original content creation across all disciplines of art –
from visual and performing arts, including music, and film. We are confident that the fair’s
venue, the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood will continue to inspire the artists to create work
in a unique cultural setting,” he added.
SIKKA 2013 is open to all emerging and aspiring visual and performing artists and filmmakers in
the UAE. Application packages can be downloaded in Arabic and English from www.sikka.ae.
Artists can submit proposals for visual arts, film and performing arts projects to be
commissioned by SIKKA art fair upto December 23, 2012. The proposals will be shortlisted by an
external jury that will be chaired by the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority.
Having presented the works of 23 UAE-based artists over a period of 11 days, SIKKA 2012 stood
out for its particular focus on promoting community involvement in the arts through a diverse
selection of art and entertainment activities for the entire family, and driving grassroots arts
initiatives.
SIKKA 2012 also hosted family day workshops, school visits, panel discussions, artist
performances, special workshops and guided tours, music and theatre performances and
screening of films by Emirati directors. Numerous non-profit initiatives were held during SIKKA
including Tasmena, The Book Shelter, DXB Store, WTD and Gulf Photo Plus, in addition to the
Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award.
The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) was launched on March 8, 2008 by His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Dubai Culture plays
a critical part in achieving the vision of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 of establishing the city as vibrant, global
Arabian metropolis that shapes culture and arts in the region and the world. The organisation has announced
several initiatives that strengthen the historic and modern cultural fabric of Dubai. These include:
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards: A first-of-its-kind regional initiative to
honour patrons of the arts from around the world for their valuable support in encouraging and strengthening the
cultural scene of the Emirate.
SIKKA 2013 commissioned artists include Reem Abdulwahid / Amal Al Agroobi / Aaesha Ahmed / Amal Alkhaja / Shamma Al Amri / Hania Ansari / Layan Attari / Ahmed Bouholaigah / Caravan + Studio 7 / Amartey Cousland-Golding / Paul D / Karee Dahl / Khawla Darwish / Nourhan Darwish / Vikram Divecha / Rami Farook / Rabi Georges / Abdul Azim Al Ghussein / Darwin Guevarra / Sara Al Haddad / Talin Hazbar / Tulip Hazbar / Imagyne / Gilda Jabbari / Nouf Al Jahdhami / Rania Jishi / Mohammed Jumairy / Arwa Al Jundi / Alia H. Lootah / Cristiano Luchetti / Hazem Mahdy / Zara Mahmood / Camille Mallat / Cristiana De Marchi / Miqi Laoshu / Mohammed Al Marzooqi / Mouza Al Matrooshi / Shaikha Al Mazrou / Khalid Mezaina / Möbius Design Studio / Rashid Al Mulla / Nadine Nour El Din Ezzat / Noush Like Sploosh / Mia O / Mark Pilkington / pointCOUNTERpoint: Sid Siva-Jamal H Iqbal / Farah Al-Qasimi / Saba Qizilbash / Salma El Shami / Hamdan Buti Al Shamsi / STAR TOO / Noor Al Suwaidi / Sinisa Vlajković / Walid Al Wawi / Nada Al Yafaei / Zahra Jewanjee & Simon Coates.
Expanding SIKKA's interactive impact, a diverse selection of UAE-based initiatives also have a presence at the fair; these include Brusselssprout, Drawdeck, Global Youth Empowering Movement (GYEM), iloveuae, LOCI architecture+design, Möbius Design Studio, quint, tasmena, The Animation Chamber, The Book Shelter, The Culturist, The Nomad Box Project, The Poeticians and The State.
In addition to producing an experiential album, locally based bands and musicians—including As per Casper, Beatbox Ray, Nada Dada, Fables of Cantt, Sach Holden, Jabbar, Gayathri, Layla Lacole, Liminal Roots, Regal Beats, Harrison Rice, Shay, Valentin Spasov, Swerte and "THEM"—are set to perform every evening throughout the ten-day fair.
Sikka Art Fair: An annual art fair aimed at promoting Emirati and local artists in the UAE.
Dubai Festival for Youth Theatre: An annual festival that celebrates and fosters the art of theatre in the UAE.
Dubai Next: To encourage and sponsor initiatives that contribute actively to the development of the cultural
events and activities in Dubai.
The Holy Lands: A collaboration with the unique and creatively rich Reiss Engelhorn Museen of Mannheim to bring
an exclusive collection of never before exhibited rare photographs to the region and more specifically Dubai.
For more information, please contact:
Nivine William / Divya Khanna ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller +9714 4507600 nivine.william@bm.com / divya.khanna@bm.com
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