A.i.R Dubai 2015 (Artists in Residence) - Artist workshop and talk on Wednesday, 1st April 2015
Following up on the last AiR Dubai 2015 talk, there's one more talk and workshop taking place on Wednesday, 1st April with fellow artist in residence Sharmeen Syed.
It will take place in the artist in residence house in House no. 33 in Al Fahidi Historical District (also known as Bastakiya). The workshop is from 4.00pm-7.00pm followed by a talk and video screenings between 7.00pm-8.00pm.
This will be the last time we will be at the house, so if you'd like to visit our studio space, this will be your last chance.
About Sharmeen Syed:
Sharmeen Syed's practice stems from her background as a researcher and an architect interested in urbanisam and derivative spatio temporal experienes through projected memories and alternative futures. Sharmeen's work tends to be in the context of post-colonial urban histories and applications of post-modernism and urban codes in the global South.
For Art Dubai Projects, Sharmeen has been researching horticulture and gardening histories in Dubai and Madinat Jumeirah as a site. Through an audio guide leading the audience through to a garden, one learns about the fluctuations of hospitality. In the garden, plants sit quietly in a gravel garden bearing witness to a history of migrations while playing the welcoming host to the audience.
This is what Sharmeen's installation "Of a Radical Hospitality: episodes of conditions, transgressions and impossibility" looked like at Art Dubai, which consisted of and audio tour, plants, gravel, drawings, text and hotel furniture:
Sharmeen Syed - Of a Radical Hospitality: episodes of conditions, transgressions and impossibility (© Hind Mezaina)
Sharmeen Syed - Of a Radical Hospitality: episodes of conditions, transgressions and impossibility (courtesy of Art Dubai)
Sharmeen Syed - Of a Radical Hospitality: episodes of conditions, transgressions and impossibility (courtesy of Art Dubai)