Introduction of the artist:

Tashweesh (Palestine)

Basel Abbas born in 1983, Nicosia, Cyprus. Lives and works in Ramallah, Palestine. Ruanne Abou-Rahme born in 1983 Boston, USA. Lives and works in Palestine. Boikutt lives and works in Palestine. Tashweesh is a sound and image performance group. Previous performances include Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna), De Balie (Amsterdam), Beirut Art Centre (Beirut), CCA (Glasgow), Danish Film Institute (Copenhagen), Images Festival (Copenhagen) & Re:View (Katowice), South Bank Centre (London), The Tent Gallery (Edinburgh).

Introduction of works:

Tashweesh Performance, video performance, 40'00'', 2012

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme (b.1983) work together across a range of sound, image, installation and performance practices. Their work explores issues connected with spatial politics and subjectivity, place and narrative, and spatio-termporal resonances in relation to actual, imagined and remembered experiences. Often taking on the form of interdisciplinary installations and live performances, their practice increasingly examines the immersive possibilities of sound, image and environment.

Boikutt is a musician based in Ramallah, Palestine. Creating sounds using sampled material, field recordings, and electronic devices, his work ranges between hip-hop, downtempo, ambient, glitch, and experimental. He has composed and produced music for artists such as Kronos Quartet, Bukue One, Spiritchild, Tamer Abu-Ghazaleh and Bluebird, and has appeared as an MC on albums for artists including Slovo, Heliodrome, Bonnot, and Lethal Skillz. He has also made sound installations and composed scores for both film and dance theatre. Together with Abbas and Abou-Rahme Boikutt he is a founder of Tashweesh, a sound and image performance collective, combining the different practices and interests of each member in joint performances.