Artists

Farah Sayem

Farah Sayem is a curator and cultural practitioner based in Tunis. Her work explores the physical and political dimensions of urban, public, and common spaces, as well as their relationships with the social and cultural practices of their inhabitants. She is also interested in self-management, alternative forms of organization, artistic urban commons, and the social and political dynamics surrounding these initiatives, which she approaches as forms of resilience in response to the effects of neoliberalism. Her professional practice focuses on curation, writing, and project management. She has collaborated with L’Art Rue on the Dream City Festival, Collectif Créatif, the Carthage Musical Days, La Boîte: lieu d’architecture et d’art contemporain, Gabès Cinéma Fen, UN Women Tunisia, the European Festivals Association, Diptyk magazine, Videodrome 2, The Mosaic Rooms in London, among others. Farah is a PhD student at Université Paris-Est – Gustave Eiffel. She holds two master’s degrees, in Product Design from ESSTED and in Social and Solidarity Economy Management from ISG Tunis. She is also a member of EL WARCHA COLLABORATIVE DESIGN STUDIO.