Homeland inSecurity: A Talk with Artist Mohamad Hafez Thu., May 02, 2019 | 4:30 PM — 7:00 PM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 United States Sponsored By: Harris Student Affairs A Presentation by Artist & Architect Mohamad Hafez. New Haven–based Syrian artist and architect Mohamad Hafez dynamically reproduces the war-torn landscapes of contemporary Syria in his sculptural artworks, which urgently reflect on the conditions of forced migration that informed his family’s relocations. Hafez’s artistic practice and public voice complicate the representation of contemporary violence by insisting on the entangled relationships between home and homeland, refuge and security, and art and politics. Syrian artist and architect Mohamad Hafez will offer a very personal view of what it's like for an upper-middle class Damascene family to become forced migrants - their lives before and after, decision points, forced hands, and adjustment to new realities. This will be an opportunity to better understand what the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II looks like to an individual and family who have been through it. Mr. Hafez creates mixed and multi-media sculptures representing Middle Eastern streetscapes and buildings besieged by civil war, deliberately contrasted with hopeful verses from the Quran, audio recordings from his homeland, and other elements of his Islamic heritage. www.mohamadhafez.com Program: Presentation: 4:30-5:50pm - Keller 1022 Reception: 5:30-7:00pm - Cafe Space RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/homeland-insecurity-a-talk-with-artist-mohamad-hafez-tickets-60791639430ation. Recent News More news Student Profile, Zhen Zeng, IPAL’23, MPP Class of 2026 Tue., April 23, 2024 Jean Lin Pao, MPP'91, and the Ongoing Fight for Small Business Mon., April 22, 2024 Student profile: Sohyun Lim, MPP Class of 2025 Thu., April 18, 2024
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