ONS

Public Artwork and intervention

Tunis, TN
2023

ONS is a site-specific intervention in the former Hotel Magara in Gammarth, a northern suburb of Tunis. The tennis court embedded in a swimming pool creates an unbalanced field in which one player plays upwards while the opponent has an advantage and can play downwards. The work is a tribute to Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur and recalls the early years of her career when she was still a child training on the tennis courts in hotels and holiday clubs in Tunisia.

3-Dimensional

Media
Site-specific installation, public artwork, intervention

Dimension
Dimensions variable

Commissioned and co-produced by
La Boîte – Centre pour l’art et l’architecture

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023, La Boîte | Centre de l’art contemporaine, Tunis

Location
Le Megara Hotel

Links
Exposition Individuelle Kaf w Kaaba Halwa, Nadia Kaâbi-Linke, une artiste hors du commun – lapresse.tn

A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS

Installation view
ONS, 2023

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

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Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

 

A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS

Installation view
ONS, 2023

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea.Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • A tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS

Installation view
ONS, 2023

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

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A white, wooden gate, that was once the entrance to the Hotel Megara Gammarth, is now holding the poster about an exhibition. Nadia Kaabi-Linke Kaf w Kaaba Halwa, ONS

Entrance to the former Hotel Megara Gammarth

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

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Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

View of an abandoned Hotel complex by the seaside. The walls are starting to come down, the space is being inhabited by stray dogs. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS

View of the former Hotel Megara Gammarth Complex

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

  • Through the bushes you can see a tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • View of from inside an abandoned Hotel. Through the glassless window you can see the palm trees and sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • View of from inside an abandoned Hotel. Through the glassless window you can see the palm trees and sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • Through the trees you can see a tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • View of from inside an abandoned Hotel. Through the glassless window you can see the trees and sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS
  • From afar, past the trees you can see a tennis court was built on the ground of an uneven pool of an abandoned Hotel by the sea. Nadia Kaabi-Linke ONS

View of the former Hotel Megara Gammarth Complex

Exhibition
Kaff w Kaaba Halwa, 2023

@
Former Hotel Megara in Gammarth, Tunis

Courtesy
Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios

 

© Photo: Yoann Cimier | Zebra Studios / ADAGP

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