Eine Flucht in Bildern – Drawings of War and Flight

The art-meets-science-project ‘Drawings of War and Flight’ centred on the drawings of Syrian artist couple Ayman Aldarwish and Nasim Kasem. Their artistic work is unique as they both not only reflect their lives in Syria and Palmyra up to 2015, but also document their approximately one-year escape and their first days in Germany in an intensive artistic manner. Thus their images, loaded by political allusions, represent at the same time an internal perspective and become a contemporary source for reflecting on current politics and human destinies. In 40 artworks the artists offer a very personal and at the same time very expressive contribution to the debate on migration, Syria, and Islam.

The exhibition was embedded in an academic program of evening lectures that elucidate important artistic, social and cultural aspects of the artworks and the artists as well as refugees in general. The exhibition is conceived as a touring exhibition and was already displayed Göttingen (Alte Feuerwache) and Berlin (SOS Kinderdorf). In cooperation with the University of Göttingen, SOS-Kinderdorf Berlin, and DAFG – Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e.V.
 

Exhibition Program in Göttingen

Monday, 11 December 2017, 7 PM
Gallery ‘Alte Feuerwache’, Ritterplan 4, 37073 Göttingen
Vernissage

Thursday, 14 December 2017, 7 PM
Gallery ‘Alte Feuerwache’, Ritterplan 4, 37073 Göttingen
Die Oasenstadt Palmyra als Global Player (in German)
Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer, Universität Oldenburg

Thursday, 21 December 2017, 7 PM
Gallery ‘Alte Feuerwache’, Ritterplan 4, 37073 Göttingen
Zum Bildverständnis der Zeichnungen von Ayman Aldarwish and Nasim Kasem (in German)
Dr. Joachim Penzel, Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Thursday, 11 January 2018, 7 PM
Gallery ‘Alte Feuerwache’, Ritterplan 4, 37073 Göttingen
Moderne Islamische Kunst: Begriff und Beispiele (in German)
Prof. Dr. Silvia Naef, Universität Genf

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 3PM
Gallery ‘Alte Feuerwache’, Ritterplan 4, 37073 Göttingen
Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement für Geflüchtete und von Geflüchteten (in German)
Dr. Ina Rust, Universität Hannover

Sunday, 21 January 2018, 5 PM
Finissage
 

Exhibition Program in Berlin

Friday, 13 April 2018, 5 PM
SOS-Kinderdorf Berlin, Waldstr. 23-24, 10551 Berlin
Vernissage

Friday, 20 April 2018, 6 PM
SOS-Kinderdorf Berlin, Waldstr. 23-24, 10551 Berlin
Zum Bildverständnis der Zeichnungen von Ayman Aldarwish and Nasim Kasem (in German)
Dr. Joachim Penzel, Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 6.30 PM
DAFG, Friedrichstraße 185, 10117 Berlin
Die Oasenstadt Palmyra als Global Player (in German)
Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer, Universität Oldenburg

Tuesday, 8 May, 2018, 6.30 PM
DAFG, Friedrichstraße 185, 10117 Berlin
Moderne künstlerische Praxis der arabischen Welt (in German)
Dr. Charlotte Bank

Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 5 PM
Finissage
SOS-Kinderdorf  Berlin, Waldstr. 23-24, 10551 Berlin
Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement für Geflüchtete und von Geflüchteten (in German)
Dr. Ina Rust, Universität Hannover