The First International Contemporary Art Exhibition at the National Museum of Carthage, CHKOUN AHNA. The exhibition is sheltered in the east wing of the archaeological museum of Carthage, where contemporary art encounters ancient relics. It is followed by several collateral events and programs, like off-space exhibitions at the Centre National d’Art Vivant and the B’chira Art Centre, artist talks, and a gallery weekend in the northern suburbs of Tunis.
The National Museum is located on the hill of Birsa where the exhibition CHKOUN AHNA is surrounded by Phoenician and Roman ruins, Byzantine and French architecture. The excavated past reveals that Tunisian history has always been characterized by diversity and cultural exchange. In this sense, the curators Khadija Hamdi and Timo Kaabi-Linke have invited artists from countries that are historically connected with Tunisia to install new and recent works that relate to the place and its past. The expression chkoun ahna is Tunisian dialect written in Roman letters. It means both “about us” and “who are we?”, able to be phrased as a statement or a question.
Artists featured: Ahmed Mater, Ahmet Ögut, Ali Tnani, Amina Menia, Ayse Erkmen, Boris Kajmak, Fakhri El Ghezal, Félix Fernandez, Hala Elkoussy, Hrair Sarkissian, Ismail Bahri, Kader Attia, Lara Favaretto, Maha Malluh, Mouna Karray, Mustapha Akrim, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Nicène Kossentini, Nida Sinnokrot, Pascal Hachem, Saâdane Afif, Sirine Fattouh, Taysir Batniji, Timo Nasseri, Yousef Moscatello, Ziad Antar, and Zineb Sedira.
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