Aurélia Zahedi
La Rose de Jéricho
at ICI, Institut of Islam Cultures

From 20 January to 30 June 2024, the ICI — Institut des Cultures d’Islam presents La Rose de Jéricho, an exhibition by Aurélia Zahedi.
Embracing drawing, sculpture, photography, painting, installation and performance, Aurélia Zahedi has been developing for several years a body of work devoted to the Rose of Jericho, a plant said to be immortal, blown here and there by the wind, and blooming thanks to the rare and precious rain that makes the desert blossom. In Palestine, alongside the Bedouins of Nabi Moussa, the artist composes a protean narrative exploring the myths of the Rose, in a land torn apart by human madness. In the intimate atmosphere of the ICI’s hammam, the exhibition highlights the power of the imaginary against oblivion, at a time when beliefs, orality and memory oscillate between emergence and obliteration.

The exhibition is accompanied by a multidisciplinary events programme that includes Aurélia Zahedi’s Rose Ceremony (combining botany and poetry), a conference on the access to water on the West Bank, a film featuring young Palestinian women, a literary teatime, tales and a concert to coincide with Ramadan, a film screening and art workshops for children.

Detailed information on the website: www.ici.paris