EBTI: Ma-kan مكان
SF Camerawork is proud to announce Ma-kan مكان, a solo exhibition with Ebti, a multidisciplinary artist, a self-taught photographer, and a translator living between Cairo and San Francisco. The exhibition will be on view at our Fort Mason location from March 12 through May 23, 2024. A public opening reception will be held on Friday, March 15, from 6-8 pm. Ebti and SF Camerawork will host a series of open studio visits at the gallery commencing March 1, where visitors and SF Camerawork community members will have the opportunity to learn about the artist’s work in progress and witness Ebti’s creative practice unfold in real-time. Additional programs and specific open studio dates are to be announced on our website, and via our email list.
Ma-kan مكان means place in Arabic. Taken apart, the word ma-kan can also mean it was and is not. For her exhibition, Ma-kan مكان, Ebti will present a suite of site-responsive, photo-based installation works crafted from prints on fabric, projections, transparencies, and traditional paper prints. Using images, stories, and objects collected from her travels, home life, and the space itself, a narrative of perpetual departure, arrival, home, and homesickness unfolds.