Sajia Sediqi and Rahraw Omarzad

Friday, October 21, 2022
Cinema of the Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Cinema hall, Kolarčeva 6
18.00 – Political violence against women in Afghanistan and the New Scenario
Lectures, screenings of video works and discussion with the audience
Sajia Sediqi, artist and Rahraw Omarzad, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Kabul and founder of the Center for Contemporary Art in Afghanistan CCAA and the Women’s Art Center
Sajia Sediqi, From Red to Black to White, 10′
Rahraw Omarzad, Changing Color, 5′, Gaming and Losing, 5′

Rahraw Omarzad’s video works have been exhibited worldwide, including Documenta 13, Kassel and Tate Britain, London, 9th international Istanbul biennial, Miami His work can also be found in the permanent collection of the Asia Society Museum, New York City. His art exists between the spaces of politics, war, and personal lives. Through his artistic activities he has expressed his reaction against war as a political creation. His role in protests against the Government and the Russian aggression in Afghanistan brought imprisonment for artistic activities.

Sajia Sediqi has been working at the Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan and the Studio of Contemporary Arts Faculty of Fine Arts for the past two years. The position of a woman in the family and whithin the four walls depends on which gender she gives birth to, a boy or a girl. Outside the four walls, in the community she is named after her father, brother or husband, she is called a man’s sister, a man’s daughter or a man’s wife. It is a shame to mention a woman’s name individually. Sajia Sediqi focuses more on the views of traditional society on women’s identity and position.