This episode of Artists | Ideas | Now - Egypt & the Climate Crisis hears from artist Adham Faramawy and explores the role of the natural world in their art.
This is part of an 8 episode audio series, talking to artists from Egypt and of Egyptian heritage who are using the arts to address the most pressing and complex conversations behind the crisis. From creating desert sculptures that can be seen from space, to reawakening dance culture, we discover how creativity can spark change.
Adham Faramawy is an artist based in London.
Their work spans media including moving image, sculptural installation, and print, thinking through issues of materiality, touch and toxic embodiment to question ideas of the natural in relation to marginalized communities.
They lecture at both Goldsmiths University, London and Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. In 2018 they presented a show on the body and VR for BBC Radio 4, in 2019 they premiered their video piece ‘Skin Flick’ at a screening at Tate Britain dedicated to their work. They were shortlisted for the Jarman Award in both 2017 and 2021.
Their work has been exhibited in solo shows at The Bluecoat, Liverpool, Niru Ratnam Gallery, London, in group shows at Whitechapel Gallery, Somerset House, and Serpentine Gallery and in 2022 they performed their first live work as part of the Serpentine Ecologies program ‘Back to Earth’.
adhamfaramawy.com
Insta/Twitter: @adham_faramawy
Artists | Ideas | Now is produced by Liverpool Arab Arts Festival in collaboration with Artists on the Frontline.
The series was supported by The Space and Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery.
The producers are Laura Marie Brown and Zoe Lafferty. Executive Producer is Sarah Fortescue.
