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WORKSHOPS: SH-KEN-TA WORKSHOP WITH YUHANA NASHMI

9 Jun 2018 | 10.30am - 11.30am

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As part of Public Programing for The 65th Blake Prize, artist Yuhana Nashmi will create Sh-ken-ta, a reed and clay installation inspired by Mandaean heritage and religious practices in the Casula Powerhouse grounds.

This art installation explores the four elements of life (earth, water, fire and air) with the concept of soul resurrection as per the Mandaean mythology. This artwork symbolises the human body (mud=flesh, bamboos=bones, reeds=nerves) and also symbolises earth as a home of the soul as the body. Only three shkenta remain in the world and as such the practice is endangered. Materially this work will include red clay from local construction sites, locally cultivated bamboos, and tree trunks from local vegetation as well as human hair from local hairdressers in Liverpool.

Visitors to Sh-ken-ta will be able to witness its construction and engage in talks and events once completed.


Conversation and Mandaean Scripture Workshop with artist Yuhana Nashmi
Saturday 9 June | 10.30am - 11.30pm
Tuesday 12th June | 4-5pm
Free       

The artist will be discussing the making and history of Sh-ken-ta. Participants will also get the chance to practice Mandaean scripture, with bamboo implements onto clay tablets.


Image credit: Y. Nashmi for University of Exeter UK (c) 2014

Event Information

LocationCasula Powerhouse
Arts Centre
Grounds

Duration1 hr

AgesAll ages

CostFree admission


Phone02 8711 7123

Emailreception@casulapowerhouse.com

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