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                              Terreyro Coreográfico                                         biriken

                formed in 2014 and is currently based in the neighbour-  was formed in 2006 by Istanbul-based artists Okan Urun
                hood of Bixiga, central São Paulo. Most of the collective’s   and Melis Tezkan. Their most recent projects include
                works take place beneath the Viaduto Libertas overpass,   the installation-performance This is the end, beautiful
                inhabiting and cultivating the public space with chore-  friend (2017), commissioned by Sharjah Biennial 13 and
                ography, dance, discussions, seminars, film samples,    performed at Istanbloom and SALT Galata (both 2017);
                reading groups, plantings, etc. Terreyro Coreográfico’s   the theatre piece I shut down my heart until the apocalypse
                most recent collaborations include performances at the   was presented at Jerk Off festival in Paris in September
                Goethe-Institut (2017), Praça das Artes (2016), Vila Itororó   2017. They are currently working on their next perfor-
                (2015), Casa do Povo (2015) and SubPrefeitura da Sé (2015),   mance, THE WEST IS THE BEST.
                all São Paulo.

                                                                                         Amitai Romm
                                 Khalil El Ghrib 
                                                                        lives and works in Copenhagen. His recent exhibitions
                lives and works in Asilah. He teaches Arabic in nearby   include a solo show, Hibernation, at Tranen Contemporary
                Tangier and rarely exhibits his artistic work. His works   Art Center, and a group show, Mediated Matter, at Kunsthal
                were recently included in Marrakech Biennale 6, however,   Charlottenborg (both Copenhagen, 2017). Romm is
                and the Sharjah Biennial 13’s programme at the Sursock   one of three finalists for the 2018 Dorothea von Stetten
                Museum, Beirut.                                         Art Award, which will culminate in a group exhibition
                                                                        at Kunstmuseum Bonn.

                                Turiya Magadlela

                lives and works in Johannesburg. She has had six solo
                exhibitions to date: at the Johannesburg Art Gallery;
                Museum Africa, Johannesburg; and Blank Projects,
                Cape Town. She has participated in recent group exhi-
                bitions including Blue Black (Pulitzer Arts Foundation,
                St Louis, 2017) and Simple Passion, Complex Vision: The
                Darryl Atwell Collection (Gantt Center, Charlotte, 2017).
                Most recently her work has been included in Looking
                Back… Moving Forward, an  exhibition  at  Constitution  Hill,
                Johannesburg, which is on through 28 January.


































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