Talking Points: Kevork Mourad
What can happen when we bring different art forms together?
Combining art, music and performance, Kevork Mourad tells stories through spontaneous drawing. Working in harmony with live music, he creates large-scale artworks filled with imagined cities and architecture. His work explores places that exist in our memories, bringing people together through shared experiences and storytelling.
Watch the videos below and use the following questions to begin a discussion about the work of Kevork Mourad.
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Kevork Mourad
Born in Qamishli, Syria, Mourad now lives and works in New York City.
Mourad employs his technique of live drawing and animation in concert with musicians – developing a collaboration in which art and music harmonize with one another.
A painter, printmaker and video artist, Mourad has performed his animated and live visuals internationally.
Mourad also uses monotype as a medium to explore middle eastern politics and history.
See more of his work here.
The making of Seeing Through Babel
Questions To Ask Children
Describe what you can see.
Can you describe the process that Mourad uses?
How do you think it would feel to be interacting with the installation?
How does it make you feel?
From the Sun to the Moon 2020 by Kevork Mourad.
Questions To Ask Children
Describe what you can see.
What do you think the artist is trying to say in this animation?
How does it make you feel?
Groong 2020 by Kevork Mourad.
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using sketchbooks to make visual notes
Show me what you see
