THE COLLECTIVE
Tashattot (Arabic for dispersion) is an art collective based in Belgium dedicated to supporting visual artists, musicians, film makers and cultural practitioners at large, originally from the SWANA region and currently “dispersed” in Europe. The collective aims at creating opportunities, collaborations, commissions and securing funding for these expatriate artists.
The word tashattot and its English equivalents scattering/dispersion, define the collective in both the literal sense of the word (pertaining to the description of the individuals scattered around the world, far from their homelands), as well as its metaphorical sense which relates to the scattering and dispersion of ideas and ways of thinking, as the word in Arabic is oftentimes used to describe the wandering of the thoughts (tashattot al afkar or scattered thoughts).
Tashattot is a work in progress and a newly launched collective with a fluid and evolving set of actions. It currently is and will always remain open to new ideas and experiences; continuously building on lessons learned and with practice. The collective strongly believes in the efficiency of open discussions, as the only way to grow and better address SWANA expat artists needs and aspirations, it therefore remains open to revi
Contact us:
tashatttot@gmail.com
Pilar - Pilar Box
Bd de la plaine 2, 1050, Bruxelles
Event starts at 19h
Free entrance
Bd de la plaine 2, 1050, Bruxelles
Event starts at 19h
Free entrance
INCOMMON:FILMNIGHT
Join us on October 9th at Pilar for INCOMMON:FILMNIGHT curated by Tashattot as part of the Setting the Table initiative.
Across different forms of expression, music, film, or sport, these stories highlight the human spirit and the pursuit of identity, connection, and self-expression.
Each film explores how individuals or communities use creative, cultural, or personal passions, such as hip hop, cinema, or sports, as a way to assert identity, resist erasure, or find meaning and solidarity in environments marked by social, political, or infrastructural challenges.
The screening begins at 19h, make sure you get there a bit beforehand to find seats.
Film Selection:
In Search of Hip Hop - Issraa El-Kogali - 10 mins
Cineholic - Sherko Abbas and Shirwan Fatih - 25 mins
BLESSED BLESSED OBLIVION - Jumana Manna - 21 min
Event Link
Jumana Manna
is a visual artist and filmmaker. Her work explores how power is articulated, focusing on the body, land and materiality in relation to colonial inheritances and histories of place. Through sculpture, filmmaking, and occasional writing, Manna deals with the paradoxes of preservation practices, particularly within the fields of architecture, agriculture and law. Her practice considers the tension between the modernist traditions of categorisation and conservation and the unruliness of ruination, life and its regeneration. Jumana was raised in Jerusalem and lives in Berlin.
Sherko Abbas
is a Kurdish-Iraqi artist and filmmaker. He was born in Iran in 1978, where his family lived as refugees. They returned to Iraq when he was two years old. Abbas studied Fine Art in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2015. His work explores sonic and visual memory, with a focus on modern memory that relies on recorded materials.
Born in Kirkuk, Kurdistan Autonomous Region, Iraq, in 1975. He graduated from the Technical Carpenter School in Kirkuk in 1993. Shirwan is a painter and performance artist and works with different media like video, photography and installation. Many of his works bring together painting and installation.
Issraa Elkogali Häggström
is a Sudanese filmmaker, writer, and producer whose work blends art with activism. Born in Khartoum and now based in Stockholm, she is a Swedish citizen and a leading voice in contemporary Sudanese cinema.
She co-produced Goodbye Julia, winner of the 2023 Cannes Un Certain Regard Freedom Prize. Issraa wrote and executive produced the award-winning short A Handful of Dates (2020), and her debut documentary short In Search of Hip Hop (2013) screened all over the world, was acquired by BBC Arabic in 2014 and is available on Shasha.com's permanent library of films.
Her work continues to feature in international festivals. She holds an MFA in Film from Boston University (2003) and an MA in Film & Media from Stockholm University of the Arts (2025).
In 2021, she founded Riverflower, an independent production company focused on diverse narratives and social impact storytelling.
This project is made possible with the joint efforts of Setting the Table exhibition, Pilar and Tashattot Collective.