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Beyond the Safe Zone
Borås Art Museum presents Beyond the Safe Zone.
Artists: Sahar Al-khateeb
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The exhibition Beyond the Safe Zone is rooted in various forms of contemporary conflict and uncertainty. When the illusion of safe zones is gone, how can we strengthen the sense of security and community, both as individuals and as a society? In security policy, "safe zones" often refer to protection zones or humanitarian areas intended to shield civilians from war, violence, or persecution. But a safe zone does not necessarily have to be about physical protection—it can also be about spaces of community, healing, and resistance; places that give marginalized groups a voice.
In connection with the exhibition, the film Miguel’s War by Eliane Raheb will be screened at Röda Kvarn on two occasions. The first screening, held in conjunction with the opening on May 17, will be introduced by curator Power Ekroth and the filmmaker herself.
Power Ekroth (SWE/NO) is an independent curator, critic and educator, and editor-in-chief of SITE Zones. As one of the curators at Stockholm Konst, she commissions and acquires art for the city’s public spaces. Her extensive curatorial work includes contributions to large-scale projects such as Something Else in Cairo (Persistence Through Joy, 2023, co-curated with Sara Rossling), Borås International Biennial (A Grin Without a Cat, 2018), Momentum Biennale (Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, 2013) and most recently the Greenlight Triennial in Skien and Porsgrunn, Norway (The Curse of an Unstoppable Appetite, 2024). Between 2022 and 2024, Ekroth was the coordinator between SWAN Emergency Residencies and Artists at Risk, which provided shelter to artists fleeing oppression and war.