Making Heaven Shine

• What:
  Special Events
• When:
  Sat 23 July 2011 12:00
• Where:
  Seminar Room One, Sackler Centre

SPECIAL EVENT: Enjoy dynamic performance storytelling and an artist talk, in celebration of the Jameel Prize 2011. This biennial £25,000 international art prize is offered to contemporary artists and designers inspired by Islamic traditions of art, craft and design. It aims to explore the relationship between Islamic traditions of art, craft and design and contemporary work.

12.00-13.00 & 16.00-17.00
Seminar Room 1, Sackler Centre
Performance storyteller Xanthe Gresham presents a new piece inspired by dialogue with the Jameel Prize 2011 shortlisted artists and designers. A whirl of ancient and modern tales that unfold.

‘Xanthe Gresham unwraps each story like the petals of a lotus flower, at the end you leave with something beautiful created in your own mind.’ British Theatre Review

14.00-15.30
Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre
Listen as Jameel Prize 2009 artist Hassan Hajjaj discusses a photographic work in progress on the Gnawa master musicians. This will be accompanied by a music performance by Gnawa musician Simo Lagnawi.

Image: Xanthe Gresham. Courtesy of Mishko Papic.