Oreet Ashery and Larissa Sansour
The Novel of Nonel and Vovel Book, published by Charta
Ashery and Sansour created a graphic novel that raises questions on artistic agency, collaborative processes, the nature of authority and art and politics. It also offers an eye-opening take on Palestine.
Although humorous in its approach, the book poses uncomfortable and rigorous questions. All this assumes particular importance considering that these artists come from both sides of the region’s divide.
In the graphic novel’s main story, Nonel and Vovel, the artists’ alter egos, are given superpowers compromising their creativity. With their new powers and help of local ninja women, they strive to save Palestine.
The Novel of Nonel and Vovel presents a bold mixture of art, politics, games, sci-fi, storytelling and other experiments, all rattling and shaking up the most prevalent ideas, stereotypes and misconceptions of the Middle East.
Contributors to the book include: Reem Fadda, Nat Muller, Galit Eilat
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Comic book titled The Novel of Nonel and Vovel, published by Charta, 2009, 188 pages, 126 illustrations including 120 in full colour, 17cm x 23.5cm.
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4 meter long triptych of digital collage titled Nonel and Vovel’s Inferno
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A leaflet titled a Partial Guide to the Occupation of Palestine
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-A research project with a creation of a series of live events titled Falafel Road. falafelroad.blogspot.com the project took place in 20 falafel eateries across London all open to the public to come eat and debate.
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Events have included: Food Glorious Food; an invitation to 10 artists to present live at Iniva on the subject of food. Artists have included Superflex, Mad for Real, Bobby Baker and others. http://falafelroad.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/13-february-2010-iniva.htmPolitics: Here and Away, Serpentine Gallery Edgware , with student activists from Goldsmiths College, The London Institute, and others, with Jacqueline Rose, Profession of English at Queen Mary University and an active member of Independent Jewish Voices are invited for a discussion around the ways in which Middle East politics resonate in London. http://falafelroad.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/23-february-2010-serpentine- edgware.html- Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, the event included live performances and video works by the two artists, followed by presentations and discussion with curators Reem Fadda and Nat Muller, and Stuart Comer, Q&A with artists
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Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center, , the event included live performances and video works by the two artists, followed by presentations and discussion with curator Reem Fadda. Q&A with artists. http://nonelandvovel.net/live-events/
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- Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, screening and talks, followed by Q&A with artists. http://nonelandvovel.net/live-events/
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ProgressReport exhibition at Iniva Redrawn Boundaries, Group Show, Goldsmith Gallery
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Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2010, Performances and screenings by the artists with panel discussion with Joseph Massad and Galit Eilat, Reem Fadda and Nat Muller.
Publish and be Damned, 2009 Psycho-Political Resistance conference, at Birkbeck University of London
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