Provisions I & II was an experimental exhibition catalogue-cum-artists’ project, co-published by Bidoun and Sharjah Biennial 9 and designed by The Khatt Foundation — a two-book series reflecting the Sharjah Biennial’s focus on production and process, documenting the original commissions in 2009’s biennial, from conception to realization.

Provisions II featured artist projects and diaries from Yazan Khalili, Doug Henders, Lawrence Weiner, Ana Vidigal, Sophia Al-Maria, Ziad Antar, Nika Oblak & Primoz Novak, Sherene Seikaly, Sophie Ernst, Shumon Basar, Fernando Jose Pereira, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, Liliana Porter, Nida Sinnokrot, Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, Basma Al Sharif, Mona El-Mousfy, Clare Davies, Ayşe Erkmen, and Isabel Carlos.