The Mosaic Rooms are pleased to support this event with artist Jumana Emil Abboud in conversation with curator Catherine Wood at the Terrace Shop, Tate Modern.

In this event Jumana Emil Abboud presents her new artist book In Aching Agony And Longing I Wait For You By The Spring Of Thieves. Abboud’s artistic practice confronts the telling and retelling of history and the impacts of language and the fragmentation of memories, posing questions about memory, the body, folklore and rituals. The Jerusalem-based artist’s oeuvre includes visual, poetic and text-based projects. Aching Agony and Longing I wait for you by the Spring of Thieves focuses on two projects—Maskouneh (Inhabited), 2015–2017, and I Feel Nothing, 2012–2015. Closing the book are contributions by Marina Warner and Tina Sherwell that thoughtfully engage with Abboud’s practice at large.

Jumana Emil Abboud is a Palestinian artist based in Jerusalem. She uses drawing, video, performance, objects, and text to navigate themes of memory, loss, and resilience. Her work consistently reflects a Palestinian cultural landscape in which the struggle for continuity amid the wider political context requires a constant process of metamorphisis and ingenuity.

Edited by Lara Khaldi and published by Black Dog Press, this publication is supported by Bildmuseum, Umeå University, Sweden; Darat al Funun – the Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman; and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Garage Aarau, Daniel Sachs Foundation, Barjeel Foundation and many others.

This event received the generous support of Rana Sadik and Samer Younis.

Please note this event is taking place at Tate Modern, Terrace Shop, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG. 

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