Leila Khoury Nimry was thirteen years old when she fled her home in Haifa, Palestine during the Nakba in 1948. In PRE-EXODUS she shares the memories of her childhood bedroom, illustrated and developed into a virtual reality experience, created by artist Solenne Tadros. The work activates questions of memory, intergenerational trauma, forced displacement and loss of land. 

Artist talk 27 April 18.00

An artist talk on the evening 27 April with Solenne Tadros (b. 1996, Jordan) will introduce the work PRE-EXODUS and invite a conversation on its related themes. 

Participants
Solenne Tadros, artist
Lina Aastrup, curator
Shahram Khosravi, professor of social anthropology, Stockholm University

The artist talk was recorded for Accelerator’s podcast, listen to it here

VR experience 27–30 April

PRE-EXODUS will be installed in Accelerator’s seminar room and on view April 27–30 during regular opening hours. No booking required. Free admission.

Accelerator has a collaboration with the International Master’s Programme in Curating Art at Stockholm University. The students create events in connection to themes that Accelerator wishes to highlight in the exhibition programme. The exhibition PRE-EXODUS is part of Lina Aastrup’s degree project.