FUTURES x Magnum Artist Spotlight: Raisan Hameed

Thursday, July 10 | 14:00–19:00
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Come spend an afternoon with us at a special session of the FUTURES: Learn with Magnum Photos program. This event, exclusively for FUTURES artists, includes a live lecture led by Magnum, followed by a friendly get-together with drinks and good conversation.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

More info will follow

Hosted by Ciclo Plataforma, the FUTURES MeetUp will take place on June 6th and 7th in Porto, Portugal. Stay tuned for more details!

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Join us for an exclusive open studio with visual artist Thana Faroq, our newest resident at the FUTURES Hub.

Thana Faroq will present her ongoing project Imagine Me Like a Country of Love, where she explores what happens when we disturb the memories we left behind, inspired by her own return to Yemen after nearly a decade.

She navigates the emotional and physical transformations of a homeland⁠ marked by time's passage and the shadows of conflict. By engaging with archival photographs, contemporary visuals of Yemen, and experimental techniques such as animation and text as image, her work reflects on the emotional landscapes of grief, disorientation, and transformation. It treats memory as a living, mutable entity, shaped by the forces of nature, environment, and technology.

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📅 Event Details
Date: Thursday, 10th April 2025

• Walk-in: 17:00 – 18:00
• Artist Q&A: 18:30
• Studio Open Until: 20:00

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🔗 RSVP by 8th April 2025

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About Thana Faroq:

Thana Faroq is a Yemeni photographer and educator based in the Netherlands. She works with photography, texts, sound, and the physicality of the image itself, as a way to respond to the changes that have been shaping and defining her life, and sense of belonging both in Yemen and the Netherlands. Thana's positioning as a photographer is informed by her reflections on her subject matter, tuning in to other people’s lived experiences with which she continually grows familiar. She also increasingly seeks her own story in the frame.

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The FUTURES residency program is supported by Creative Europe.

We look forward to seeing you there!

FUTURES & Magnum Photos are excited to launch a new public talk series: Artist Spotlight.The inaugural Artist Spotlight will feature Raisan Hameed.

Raisan Hameed (*1991) is an Iraqi-German multimedia artist based in Leipzig. He joined FUTURES in 2023, nominated by Der Grief.
During this talk, he will present his latest body of work Pixels of Memories, an attempt to address the disappearance of institutional and personal archives in the war-torn city of Mosul by re-constructing them using Google maps. Hameed’s work is a reflection on the construction of an Iraqi identity and reveals how political conflicts shape landscapes and people.

About FUTURES x Magnum Artist Spotlight:

Every two months, we’ll invite a photographer from the FUTURES platform to join us for an engaging online conversation about their artistic journey. This series offers a unique chance for audiences worldwide to hear directly from the artist, gaining insight into their practice, motivations, and creative processes.

We also hope to inspire the next generation of photographers, providing them with the opportunity to connect with artists who recently began their careers.

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