Halim Ramses

Halim Ramses is an artist & cultural practitioner based in Cairo, Egypt. Halim focuses on the notion of “gathering”
as an act in itself. Thinking of gathering as a form, an ephemeral moment yet an embodied affect.
Through his practice he incorporates different mediums including participatory performances, tours, pedagogical programmes, story-telling and spell making sessions.

Updates:I am very happy to share the news that I recorded the SEED Award among 100 artists.

I will be part of Finding Our Feet- public programme of exhibitions, listening sessions, performances and small workshops by the Sommerakademie Paul Klee residents 2023/24 cycle.
Opening Cabane B: Thursday 8 August 2024 7:00 pm Opening Grand Palais: Friday 9 August 2024 7:00 pm

I am currently working on a participatory performance titled: a gathering as in artists performing themselves, a photo as in accelerated archival fever.

Last April, I co-facilitated a workshop to students of the Bern Academy of the Arts HKB: The Dream of A Tree, Methodologies of Resilience. along artist-teachers: Shima Asa, Andrea Palasti, and Cheshmak Shahsiah.
We questioned the formal and metaphorical ways of resilience through artistic means. We forged our own paths by engaging in more-than-human fitness exercises, embodying sounds, casting love amulets and playing dead. We also listened to soul-stirring singing, rib-tickling stand up comedy, reenacted childhood memories and ate a mood-booster lithium-based lunch. But most importantly, we actively listened to each other, fostering an environment of care, consideration, and reflection.

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