Hamid Waheed

”I Think We’ve Waited Long Enough” is an MFA graduation show from the Academy of Fine Art in Oslo by filmmaker and visual artist Hamid Waheed.

 11.02-20.02

 OPENING: Friday 11.02 19-22

 OPENING HOURS: Sat-Sun 12-16

Visit by appointment: K4galleri@gmail.com

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  There is duration and there is surface.

Then there’s an I and there’s a you.

The work is placed in a desert landscape. It relays an immersive narrative using text, videos and sounds of varying sources. The montage is a continuous flow of disparate, but carefully selected images in which the juxtaposition of their contents and formats are central. There is a romance too – a communication – but one in which the participants remain materially ambiguous as the world unfolds.

“I Think We’ve Waited Long Enough” is part of the artist’s ongoing interest in cactus plants and deserts, which began in late 2018. This endeavor has otherwise spawned the web portal and film ‘Areoles’ (for the queer arts platform Ergi) and the collaborative theatre performance “Taking Root” with Kim Reenskaug (WOW SAILOR), Eli Mai Huang Nesse and Vilde Jensen (co-production with BiT Teatergarasjen).

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Hamid Waheed is a filmmaker and visual artist utilizing moving images, writing and performing in varying forms. The works often revolve around dramaturgies and modes in which queer desires are an instigator, emphasizing psycho-social structures, perceptions of time, and politics of death and violence. He also operates with histories and materialities in archived data. Works have been presented in several contexts, including BOA, Kunstnernes Hus Kino, METEOR International Theatre Festival (Bergen), Open Out Festival (Tromsø), Nikolaj Kunsthal (Copenhagen) and Rencontres Internationales Paris. In addition to this practice, he’s also part of the art collective HÆRK.

The exhibition is curated by Hedda Grevle Ottesen.