The title of Sharjah Biennial 16, to carry, is a multivocal and open-ended proposition. The ever-expanding list of what to carry and how to carry it is an invitation to encounter the different backgrounds and positions of the five curators, as well as the constellation of resonances they have brought together. 

The Biennial's title, carrying, implies understanding our precariousness in spaces that are not our own, while responding to them through the cultures we possess. It also means bridging multiple temporalities of embodied pasts and imagined futures, embracing intergenerational histories and diverse modes of inheritance. What do we carry when it is time to travel, flee or move on? What are the passages we form as we migrate between territories and through time? What do we carry when we stay? What do we carry when we survive?

RRD participates with Micromuseo (2025): A 1:1 replica of RRD's original kiosk, which brings together examples of Mexican graphic arts. The installation presents a series of works, including miniatures, drawings, and paintings, which describe our practice primarily based on the idea of collectivity. The collective also participates in the biennial's activations through Copycat, an editorial mimeography workshop.

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Acknowledgements: Zeynep Oz, Alia Swastika, Vera Kersting, Ahmad Alhwajry, Mahmoud Alhwajry.

Workshop participants:

Hessa Altamimi, Ruba Alajouz, Amina Ali, Radhwa AlMulla, Mawadda Tarig, Ahmad Alhwajry, Sumiyah Yagoub, Mahmoud Alhwajry, Nouf Al Shenaini, Guzlan M. Salih, Lakshmi Ramesannair, Martin Dib, Krystie NG.

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