Exhibition
Farah Al Qasimi: Everybody was Invited to a Party
11 Feb-23 Feb 2025
The Bluecoat
Liverpool L1 3BX
Overview
Following on from Lee Tsai, the Bluecoat will screen Farah Al Qasimi’s Everybody was Invited to a Party, which takes inspiration from ‘Iftah Ya Simsim’, a 1980s Arabic version of Sesame Street, and borrows text from translation books found in London.
The film features hand-sewn puppets, voiced by the artist, and captures moments where language falters and breaks down, but in doing so opens up new avenues of meaning. The slippages in language, mispronunciations and awkward translations build a world of melancholy and humour. Everybody was Invited to a Party also features music composed and performed by Al Qasimi.
Tue 11-Sun 23 Feb, 11am-5pm. Free entry.
