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Sarah Naomi Zakaib

Héritage

For her project at DARE-DARE, Sarah Naomi Zakaib produced replicas of her grandmother's ring, with the aim of passing them on to others in the form of individual performance-meetings.

Public sharing on March 30, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at 2515 Delisle St., local 309.

For her project at DARE-DARE, Sarah Naomi Zakaib produced replicas of her grandmother's ring, with the aim of passing them on to others in the form of individual performance-meetings. During these intimate moments, the artist transmitted a copy of the object to the participant, along with a personal or family story.

The object at the center of this project is a very old ring that was given to her by her grandmother on my sixteenth birthday. This ring is one of the only things to have survived WW2 and her Italian family’s immigration to North America and is a representation of a specific family story, intergenerational bonds between members of her family, a common origin, a period of upheaval due to violent conflict, and a nostalgic geographic place.

Can an inheritance be composed solely of moments lived and the memory of them? Does it have to be linked to a physical medium to have real value? What is the value of a ring based on? These are just some of the questions guiding Sarah Zakaib's project.

On March 30, the artist will publicly share her artistic process, as well as some of the visual and oral fragments resulting from these encounters. You are warmly invited to take part in this special moment! 

Snacks and drinks will be served on site.

Sarah Zakaib

Sarah Naomi Zakaib is a multidisciplinary visual artist that works in sculpture, drawing, painting, etching, sound art and performance. She works and lives between Montreal, Quebec and Rome, Italy. She completed a BFA at Concordia University in 2009. A Montrealer with Italian and Lebanese roots, she has participated in a number of groups and solo exhibitions, as well as performance art events, and has coordinated a variety of shows and artistic events. Her practice is rooted in an exploration of the lived experience of the body and its relation to the outside world. Recurring questions are linked to the lived experience of the artist and are often taken directly from her personal life. For the last four years, she has been working from stories that are given to her by others, responding to the story with a work of art.

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