Arts
Ahmed Umar Considering collegial exchange, informal peer-to-peer/practice-to-practice learning, and attempts at friendship as a fundamental part of our remit, UKS introduced a new, weekly walk-in-workshop in January 2019, called HOW TO PRACTICE? Starting off the workweek every Monday morning at 10am during exhibition periods, rotating local and international practitioners in the cultural field teach their conspicuous version of this essential question, serving up their tricks and toolboxes, fears and desires, excel sheets, or yoga positions as UKS serves free coffee. For UKS' seventeenth walk-in-workshop Oslo-based, interdisciplinary artist AHMED UMAR (b. 1988) will talk about his exploration of the intersection between cultural tradition and his own history. Growing up in a religious community in Sudan, Umar attempts to explore and renegotiate his personal background through ceramics, jewellery, performance, and photography. Questions concerning identity, sexuality, and authorship are all important markers in his work, which will be the starting point of his workshop at UKS. #17 How to Practice? took place on 26.08.2019 www.uks.no/archive/how-to-practice/ www.uks.no/archive/17-htp-ahmed-umar/