Darat al funun architecture Seeking to discover the material objects in the Palestinian Houses of Amman, and their power as material witnesses to Palestinian exile, this workshop will make use of group readings, story-telling, visualization and an exploration of the Darat al Funun archives to look at how the objects within houses become symbols and objects of resistance. In this talk, Civil Architecture presents a series of buildings that operate as devices for observing and thinking about the world we inhabit rather than containers for life. For our program at The Lab, we accept proposals to work, produce, or curate innovative projects and/or organize a series of talks, workshops, or film screenings at The Lab in the various fields of art, architecture, and design. Deadline for Applications: 15 April 2019. In addition to publishing bilingual catalogues of exhibitions and lectures organised on the premises, in 1995 Darat al Funun inaugurated its publishing program with an edited collection of lectures entitled Hiwar Al Fan Al Tashkili (Dialogues on Art). Nimr Pasha al Hmoud, the mayor of Salt, a prominent Jordanian city, began construction of the Main Building in 1918. The exhibition features a convergence of individual styles by artists who are at different stages of their careers, and who each follow their own path questioning familiar narratives, histories, and memories. Khoury contributed to the musical movement through his various positions in the Palestinian cultural field. 14 September 2021 - 15 February 2022. Overlooking downtown Amman, the historic houses of Darat al Funun date from the 1920s and 1930s. This exhibition is organized by Darat al Funun, Al Balad Theater and Al Mahatta Gallery. I n the unrecognised Palestinian villages of the Beer Al-Sabei’ region, the home serves as a symbol of steadfastness, resisting the occupation's attempts to seize the land. Fattah’s 1980 bronze sculpture Man and Mask is permanently displayed in the grounds of Darat al Funun, overlooking the city of Amman. © 1997-2024 Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation. She became director of Darat al Funun For instance, Islamic architecture, with its many famous landmarks, is a fascinating mix of architecture, design and engraving. Bilad al Sham (2): Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. Shibli exhibited twice at documenta, in 2007 and in 2017. Faisal Darraj is a philosopher and literary critic based in Amman. He will explore the distinct urban histories of refugee camps, with particular attention to A History of Latin American Art and Architecture from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present / Leopoldo Castedo; Phyllis Freeman (Translator/Editor). Researcher and academic George Al Ama has become one of Palestine’s most prominent collectors, building an art collection that reflects his dedicated efforts to reclaim Palestinian heritage. Her most recent artwork, a scorebook on life in exile, was recently in exhibition at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale. She served for more than two decades as professor of Islamic Art and Architecture and Art History at Birzeit University, where she also founded and directed the Virtual Gallery and the Birzeit University Museum between 2005 and 2010. By Ammar Khammash. In 2002, the third house of Darat al Funun was dedicated to the memory of our patron, Khalid Shoman, and renamed Dar Khalid. Qattan Foundation. A talk by Abeer Seikaly . In the village of Arab al-Shibli, the presence of the Israeli occupation structures life – its landscape, architecture and street signs. In Um Qays in the North, he restored the Ottoman building of the Um Qays museum, and in Amman, he renovated the first three historical buildings, dating from the 1920s, of the Darat al Funun compound: the Main Building, Dar Khalid, and the Blue House. Explore our online archive of exhibitions, events, videos and publications. Faisal Darraj about his current exhibition ‘Portals’ at Darat al Funun. Sunday 8 December 2024. Produced by Annemarie Jacir and directed by Dahna Abourahme. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on Cultural Guide to Jabal Luweibdeh, 2007. Darat al Funun Re-Opening. The main house of the Darat Al-Funun complex was built in 1918 and as the small market in Amman started to grow rapidly, it pushed residential construction sites and houses uphill in all directions, to the slopes of Amman’s Darat al Funun today is an oasis for the arts overlooking the crowded downtown area of the old city of Amman. “Sentences on the banks and other activities” is a live art exhibition, curated by Abdellah Karroum, and initiated at Darat al Funun in Amman as a hub for its operations. R. Faiq Mari. Private: The 2023-2024 Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship. Nuha al Radi is an artist of demonstrated talent in cermaic art, and was a top-grade ceramist among Iraqi and Arab ceramists. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story For his exhibition at Darat al Funun, he also presents a new installation that uses the neutral blue figure at the heart of the UNHCR logo to give thought to refugees of the past, present, and future. Nadi completed his Ph. This valley extends from the central mountains of Palestine to the Mediterranean Sea, passing through the West Bank, rural Jerusalem, and several Palestinian villages that were depopulated in 1948. Saturday October 25 at 4:00 PM: L'Eclisse (1962) Design to Live is a book that showcases how refugees use art and design to transform their living environments, restoring humanity within circumstances that seem aimed at depriving them of it. Silver gelatin print, 37. She has worked as a designer in New York, Washington DC, and Jordan. Explore Darat al Funun through a virtual reality Bought by Darat al Funun in 1992, it was renovated in its original form by architect Ammar Khammash, including exhibition spaces, offices and a library. 17 October 2000 - 18 January 2001 There is a Light that Never Goes Out, Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Center for Culture and Research, 2024 CIMAM: Gabi Ngcobo / Suha Shoman / Zeina Arida / Abdellah Karroum, 2014 Suha Shoman in conversation with Amin Alsaden in Ibraaz, April 2017 Interview with Suha Shoman in Nafas magazine, January 2014 Interview with Suha Shoman in Al Rai daily, Ala' Diab, sound: studied architecture at the University of Jordan. GYOSHO: "Running style" script frequently used for informal writing. Conder, who excavated part of the church, first identified the site in 1881. I examine the work of Palestinian artists including Nicola Saig, Khalil Halabi, Zulfa al-Saadi, Tawfiq Jawharriyeh, Daoud Zalatimo, Sophie Halaby, Zakariah Abu Fheleh, and Jamal Badran in this context, revealing previously overlooked connections between their practices and the changing infrastructure for the visual arts emerging around them. Adonis began making small collages using Arabic calligraphy from the early 1990s, adding fragments of his own poems, as well as classical Arabic poetry. The port in coastal cities is a meeting point for strangers passing by for travel, commerce or tourism. The catalogue contains the artists’ biographies, descriptions of and comments on their works and their own statements. The 2024-2025 Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship . Kaaf returned to the 2003 Summer Academy as Marwan's assistant. Along with visiting the Darat’s contemporary art exhibitions, many come to Housed in six renovated historical buildings and warehouses, with a restored archaeological site in the garden, it creates a unique encounter between art, architecture, archaeology, and landscaping. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. performance. 8 x 57. Archaeology. Since 2004, there has been emphasis on organizing workshops in new media, video art, photography, and music. Marwan led and directed the Darat al Funun Summer Academy (1999-2003), ART ARCHITECTURE ARCHAEOLOGY. In 2018, Hourani organised “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – Darat al Funun from Amman to Palestine” that ran simultaneously in four Palestinian cities: Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Gaza. Painter of Inner Worlds in 2017, and in 2008 published the first Born in Jerusalem, he studied music at the University of Iowa. exhibition. 2020-21. Publication introducing Darat al Funun, including its location as well as its exhibitions, workshops, the collection and the library. In 2005 he designed the upper front façade of Darat al Funun. Hassan Hourani. In the 1980s, she was the first artist in Jordan to create installations for public spaces, and her murals and urban art can be found in various locations across the city of Amman. 2003-2012. Their projects traverse theoretical and activist registers to locate new forms of architectural work through critical relationships with collaborators across the The Renovation: A Historical Perspective. In 1999 we launched the Darat al Funun Summer Academy, which provided a key opportunity for emerging artists to study and work under the supervision of the late Syrian artist and professor of painting in Berlin, Marwan Kassab Bachi. For more information about the Darat al Funun is located in three houses from the 1920s, on a small hill in the oldest part of Amman. com; feminist architecture collaborative (alt: f-architecture) is a three-woman* architectural research enterprise aimed at disentangling the contemporary spatial politics and technological appearances of bodies, intimately and globally. Talk by Design Earth. Excavation report. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum; Residencies; Artist Directory; the Collection; The Khalid Shoman Collection; khalid-shoman. Geostories: Another Architecture for the Environment. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2023 Sonic Bricolages. Through his work, he strives to return Palestinian art to its homeland, asserting the right to preserve and shape the nation's rich history and narrative. More information about the history of Dar Khalid can be found here. It has a particular aesthetic philosophy that revolves around the finite and the infinite, the transient and the An apartment building adjacent to The Lab, renovated in 2013 to host our artists-in-residence and fellows. He has produced numerous musical works such as Merah 1987, Marj Ben Ammer 1989, Ashika 1995, Matar 1998, Bass Shwei 2003, and Al Fawanees wal Quds Ba’d Muntasaf Al Layl 2009. Fattah executed many of Baghdad’s public sculptures, best-known of which is Nusb Al-Shahid, or the Monument of the Martyr, commemorating fallen soldiers of the 1979-88 Iran-Iraq War. Yazan Doughan, photographer: studied architecture at the University of Jordan. Though he rarely travels outside Gaza, his work is known and recognized much more widely due to his participation in international exhibitions. subscribe In his drawings, Adnan Yahya reflects the suffering and the struggle of the Palestinian people, forced to live under occupation, facing displacement and injustice. The publication includes the in-depth talks on archaeology and architecture, early printed press and radio, Palestinian poets and writers, photography, and history of music and popular He participated in Darat al Funun's Summer Academy in 2000, 2001, and 2003, and in the artist-in-residence exchange program between Darat al Funun and ProHelvetia, in Aarau, Switzerland in 2009. 2004 | 76 mins. Hassan Hourani studied in Iraq at the College of Fine Art in Baghdad, graduating in 1997. Texts by Saleem Ayoub Quna. Emad Hamdan, and with the participation of Palestinian poet Fatena Al-Ghorra, Darat al Funun, in honor of those in Gaza who continue to endure the violent brutality of settler colonialism, launches Writing Behind the Luma Hamdan worked as a Consultant at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva from 2001-2006, and was the executive director of the Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) from 2008-2013. 4 March 1997 Ziad Dalloul: Graphic Art and Painting on Paper. Born in 1980, Innab is mainly concerned with architecture and urbanity. at the lab. Joe Namy . Application deadline: 30 September 2022 . Ramadan is pursuing her PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. 13 May 1997 Najia Mehadji: Paintings. A building from the 1930s, restored in 2013 to provide more exhibition spaces. This exhibition is organized by Darat al Funun, Al Balad Theater and A. She had a solo exhibition at Darat al Funun in 2010, and her work was part of several other exhibitions. In 2007 Darat al Funun, in cooperation with the French Cultural Centre of Amman, hosted the debut exhibition of his joint project with Iraqi painter Haider. Rather, it is described incrementally from an anonymous perspective with bits of visual experience that identify a The exhibition at Darat al Funun represents classical scripts of traditional calligraphy and introduces the following scripts through which the artists show their talents competently: KAISHO: Block type script. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions and as part of a number of group shows, in Jordan and other countries. British explorer Major C. Executed between the major Palestinian revolts of 1929 and 1936, the exhibitions took place during intense confrontations In this talk, Anas Al-Khatib, a researcher specializing in architecture and urbanism in Palestine and the Arab world, will share his perspective as both a refugee who grew up in a camp and as an architect focused on heritage preservation and restoration. Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum; Residencies; Artist Directory; the Collection; The Khalid Shoman Collection; khalid-shoman. Khaldun Bshara is an architect, restorer and anthropologist. The search for order in nature has been a fundamental interest for Ammar Khammash. The book consists of three interwoven parts: (1) academic essays by scholars from different disciplines examining a range of art historical concerns through art works from the Collection, (2) personal reflections by artists, curators, critics, and scholars who have lived the history of Darat al Funun, and (3) the works by the over one hundred and forty artists forming the Collection Zeina Arida is director of the Sursock Museum since 2014 and has experience in the Lebanese cultural sector that spans over twenty years. 20 May 1997 Published by Darat al Funun - The Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation Design by Atalla Design, Jordan Printed in Jordan. Summer Academy. Air: 24 Hours - Jennifer Bartlett / Deborah Eisenberg. His Amman-based company, SYNTAX, is a brand, design and innovation firm. Avoided here is the format of the artist being invited to conduct a residency in order to make new work in response to the new locale in - Excerpt from Adnan al Sharif's artist statement (translated from the Arabic) Jordanian Artists: Testimonials and Studies , Published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2002. D candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Poems: Mahmoud Darwish Prints: Rachid Koraïchi Calligraphy: Hassan Massoudy Text: Abdel Kebir Khatibi. Darraj was Darat al Funun's cultural consultant from 2010-2017, where he held monthly cultural talks on a variety of subjects related to literature, philosophy and art. He has had a long involvement with Darat al Funun, where he studied in its Summer Academy under Marwan Kassab Bashi and won in 2000 the first prize awarded for Young Arab Artists. By Pierre M. A one-room building down from the Main Building. video. Language En/Ar 46 pages Design by the French Cultural Centre. From 1999-2003 over 60 artists from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Iraq attended the academy. M. In 1999 we launched our Summer Academy, which provided a key opportunity for artists from the Arab world to study and work with their peers under supervision of the late Berlin-based Syrian artist Marwan Kassab Bachi. Darat al Funun presents the exhibition Three Artists Three Generations by Bady Dalloul, Ziad Dalloul, and Maha Maamoun. Visit full profile here. 13 April 1997 Said Nuseibeh: Photography. This call offers an opportunity to reflect on the significance of artistic and cultural practice today within the context of the Palestinian struggle. Unfolding through multiple exhibitions, an online residency, public program and Summer Academy, the exhibition project discusses and reflects on essential ecological questions, addressing how colonial practices and extractive economies have Catalogue documenting Saba Innab’s solo show at Darat al Funun in 2011. Our art spaces are housed in six historic buildings from the 1920s, alongside an archaeological site in the gardens, creating a unique encounter between art, architecture, and archaeology. In solidarity with Lebanon, Darat al Funun presents a display of works by sound artist Joe Namy. In Madaba he renovated the Byzantine church of the Apostles and Virgin Mary, in the South, the village of the Dana She served for more than two decades as a professor of Islamic Art and Architecture and Art History at Birzeit University, where she also founded and directed the Virtual Gallery and the Birzeit University Museum between 2005 and 2010. Dubplants. SOSHO: "Grass writing" cursive style. The text “Imaginons” was written by el-Baz while in Sicily as a possible “form” for a public building in Amman, and later this text “imposed itself” onto the structure. Her writings on modern and contemporary art of the Arab world have been published in Parachute, Arab Studies Journal, Art Journal and American Art Review. Revisiting Darat al Funun’s Main Building: Stories, History, and Restoration. He is the founder of the Arab Film Archive project. ISBN 2929-9-2007. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art 2025-26. Tuesday 5 March 2019 . It is an archival art project unfolding on the walls of The Lab at Darat al Funun, presenting a visualisation exposing the de-humanizing and criminal rhetoric that has led many to call this war a genocide. Yet, after decades of non-recognition, affecting homes and villages where 150,000 Palestinian Bedouins reside, Maps might appear to be accurate and neutral representations of space and place, but in the process of their creation, they often carry with them a violent history of erasure, glossing over personal and collective experiences, as well as social contexts rooted in place and geography. The above painting The Ridge Church Petra (looking East toward the Abse) (1998) by Ali Jabri was dedicated to Pierre and Patricia and shows one of the many important archaeological works they did in Petra. Featuring more than twenty projects created by Syrian refugees at the Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan, the book offers a new way of understanding design as a subversive (IOTAWIP) is curated by Darat al Funun Team: Joud Tamimi, Firas Shehadeh, Reem Marji. Joseph E. 19 July – 29 September 2022 Print Studios (Main Building) The Architecture of Circularity. Writings on architecture in Palestine and the Arab region in the first half of the twentieth century have often focused on the legacies of colonial architects and planners in shaping Arab cities and built environments. artist. In 2004 he had his first exhibition, Aswad, at Darat al Funun. Resident Artists. degrees in architecture at the University of Cambridge. The Seven Waves is a testimony of love dedicated to the sea of Gaza, its stories, myths, and heroes. Significantly, as Shibli’s work In this lecture, architects Areej Al-Ashhab and Serene Alawi from the Al-Block collective will present their recent work on Wadi al-Sarar. This project integrates production across cultural disciplines and social practices, associating Darat al Funun with social and private spaces, and other cultural spaces around the city, as well as the Khalid Works by Emily Jacir, Rula Halawani, Tarek al Ghoussein, Dana Erekat, Rashid Masharawi. Before moving to Zurich, Nadi was the Aga Khan Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Architecture In the Southern gardens of Darat al Funun lie the ruins of a sixth century Byzantine church and an old cave. In the 1990s he led design and technology efforts at various pioneering publishing, consulting and web ventures in the Middle East. He has published several books on literary theory and criticism. She exhibited her work at Darat al Funun for the first time in 1994. He curated two exhibitions, directed an award-winning film, and edited a book about the architecture of refugee camps in the Middle East (upcoming). The newly re-launched Diwan Al-Mimar series continues this month with Ammar Khammash. "Inspired by Islamic civilization, he starts working as an artist in Cairo in 1977 before going to Amman to be Artistic Director and Curator at the Museum of Popular Traditions. In 2006, Pierre and Patricia presented their new archaeological findings at Darat al Funun in the exhibition Out of the Desert. Romooz Foundation). "Of particular distinction is her photographic project, "Icon Series," an investigation of ‘place,’ the non-descript and common public spaces of Jordan, relating the collective experience of contemporary Jordanians. Sound Clash. Crisis & Agency: Baghdad’s Transitional Modernism (1950-1965) "My dissertation examines the manifold ways in which Baghdad, in the years following World War II, became the locus of cultural encounters, contributing to a profound transformation of architecture globally Marwan, exhibition catalog, Darat al Funun - The Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, 1995. In 2001, he moved to live and work in New York. The talk will be in Arabic. Tuesday 18 July 2023 . Darat al Funun from Amman to Palestine. Yahya himself was not yet twenty when he witnessed the massacres of Sabra and Shatila. She published articles on Edward Said, William Butler Yeats, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Saadi Yousef, Ghassan Kanafani, Naji Al Ali, Palestine, Ireland and Iraq. 10-28 April 2018. Within these works, she writes and paints about building in Palestine and in Amman, producing a type of Deema received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Architecture from the University of Jordan and received training in permaculture design and forest making using the Miyawaki Methodology. Sarah Rogers is an independent scholar. Ahmed Isam Aldin is an artist and designer from Khartoum. related. Artist and architect who restored the first three houses of Darat al Funun. Excavations onsite began in 1993, revealing layers of archaeological significance dating back millennia. In 2002, Karroum founded L’appartement 22, an experimental space for art in Rabat, following his “Le Bout Du Monde” art expeditions that started in 2000. He continued his studies at Universität der Künste in Berlin under the supervision of Marwan and Rebecca Horn. Laila Shawa’s work reflects her views of the politics of Palestine, highlighting perceived injustices and persecution. Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2024. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Darat al Funun is proud to present an exhibition by architect and artist Ammar Khammash, where he explores the landscape of Jordan and Palestine to unearth a hidden order, a secret code, or an undiscovered musical scale hidden in the millions of flints in the desert. Private: The Darat al Funun 2019 Summer Academy. From 1997 to 2014, she directed the Arab Image Foundation (AIF), where she set up, managed, and engaged in various artistic and photographic preservation projects. Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum; Residencies; Artist Directory; the Collection; The Khalid Shoman Collection Vera Tamari is a visual artist, Islamic art historian, art educator and curator. 15 June - 15 July 2019. The exhibition will include works produced by Hatoum in Amman, in cooperation with local craftsmen, as well as works from the Khalid Shoman Collection, among others. Consider is an analog, imageless film that critiques the distorted portrayal of war in television media, focusing on the contrast between the reality of the ongoing genocide in Gaza and its televised representation, as observed from afar by the artist in Brazil. The Artist Directory is a list of artists, fellows, curators, researchers, and others who have lived the history of Darat al Funun. A home for the arts and artists from the Arab world Sahel al Hiyari is an architect, who in 2002 was the first to receive the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. In the garden of Darat al Funun the remains of a Byzantine church built over a Roman temple were excavated in 1993 to provide a venue for: the performing arts; outdoor film screenings; and; outdoor exhibition spaces. Catalogue on an exhibition that took place in Darat al Funun in spring 2006, exactly one year after the end of the Second Intifada. Her current research interests include decolonizing education in the Global South, the complexities of place/space—historical/temporal, geographical and imaginative—within the anti-colonial and She attained an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts before pursuing a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Construction Management at Washington University in Saint Louis. Artworks on display from the Khalid Shoman Collection by artists: Samira Badran , Jumana Emil Abboud , Rula Halawani , Mona Hatoum , Khaled Hourani , Emily Jacir , Abdul Hay Mosallam , Ahmad Nawash , Ismail Shammout , Laila Shawa , Wael Shawky , and Suha Shoman , currently on display. Shawa’s work uses various forms of mediums, including painting, print, photography, and installation. Visionary Tradition: The Revival of Adobe Architecture in Palestine. In 2005, he held an architecture exhibition in the Blue House, and in 2013 he had a solo In solidarity with Palestine, Darat al Funun presents a display of drawings by four artists in Gaza. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on Ali Kaaf attended Darat al Funun's first Summer Academy in 1999, under the direction of Marwan. His work experience includes MMAG foundation, Makan art space and the Royal Film Commission. 19 May 2015 - 7 January 2016. com. Lina Ramadan 30th Anniversary Panel with Mohammad Al-Ameri. Hisham Al Khatib, an intellectual, engineer, economist, historian and avid collector. 25), Arab al-Shibli, Palestine, 2007-2008. She worked at Darat al Funun as director of research in 2011 and co-edited Arab Art Histories: The Khalid Shoman Collection (2013), for which she wrote the introductory essay. Situated on a hill that overlooks the downtown basin and heart of Amman, Darat al Funun’s buildings are the backdrop for the city’s history and the stage on which some of its most significant events unfolded. Darat al Funun has cooperated in exchange residencies programs with international institutions such as the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Program (1999-2007) and Pro Helvetia, the Arts Council of Switzerland (2004-2012). The catalogue documents two of her works, “No-Sheep’s Land” and “On-longing”. subscribe Composed almost entirely of family home videos, Three Promises captures intimate, honest, and moving details from the life of the director's family in the town of Beit Jala during the outbreak of the Second Intifada in the early 2000s. From 1999-2003 over 60 artists from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq attended the academy. For the past several years, he has been studying archival photographs as it relates to Ottoman history. The core conversations are led by Adriano Pedrosa, curator of HIWAR, and Eline van der Vlist, artistic director of Darat al Funun. During the first decade of the 20 th century Amman was a small town with a population of A building from the 1930s, restored in 2011 to house: a permanent display of artworks from The Khalid Shoman Collection;; work spaces for recipients of our fellowship and researchers studying contemporary Arab art; and; a café on the terrace with an amazing view over downtown Amman. This book is the creative product of four artists, each from various regions of the Arab world. Click on a name to find out more about them and their exhibitions and events here. D. We are proud to present the book Falastin al Hadara, reflecting Darat al Funun’s 2017 exhibition and events program showcasing Palestinian civilization and cultural heritage throughout the ages. Haifa Al-Najjar, and in the presence of His Excellency, the Palestinian Minister of Culture, Mr. follow us. 25 October 2022 - ongoing. 11 July - 20 October 2000. Architecture. Set during the current Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Bilad al Sham (1): Jordan. Open Call. His works offer a space to listen to what endures, echoing the persistence of life across generations and landscapes—the resilience of communities, the lifeways rooted in trees and soil, and the stories that resist erasure despite violent attempts to silence them. The Ghorfa (‘room’ in Arabic) is used as an additional art space. Artist and architect Sahel al Hiyari talks with philosopher and critic Dr. Cultural Guide Book to Amman’s neighbourhood Jabal Luweibdeh, containing a detailed map and descriptions of cultural institutions in Weibdeh. Civil Architecture (Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Karimi) Tuesday 25 July 2023. From 1999-2003 Marwan directed the Darat al Funun Summer Academy. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum Exhibitions & Events; Our Video Archive; DF ONLINE. 6 cm. Ahmad Humeid started his first design studio in 1991 while studying architecture at the University of Jordan. talk. We Won’t Leave. Diwan Al-Mimar. 23 June – 31 July 2024 He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zürich. Live performance by Joe Namy . In the series, the place never fully reveals itself. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out. Founded in 1988, six historical buildings, with an archaeological site in the garden. Artefacts findings from the archaeological site are on permanent display in the library. Should art educate, inform, organise, influence, incite to action, or should it simply be an object of pleasure? Throughout the years, we conducted workshops in a variety of fields, including painting, printmaking, the techniques of paper making, gilding, and illumination. ‘Darat al Funun: Arabic Cultural Pulse in the Heart of Amman’ (Al Rai Newspaper 26/09/1993), Mona Saudi’s personal reflection in Arab Art Histories: The Khalid Shoman Collection (2013) [AR] Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2023 Sonic Bricolages. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh published the artist biography Fahrelnissa Zeid. com; Exhibitions & Events; Our Video Archive; DF ONLINE. Vartanian Collier, L & Ibrahim, I. By employing architecture in the cinematic image as concept, metaphor and symbol, these films provide varying social and political commentary, by the means of fiction, documentary, animation and experimentation. This selection of short films presents examples on the different usages of architecture in cinema through its various genres. Using the new publication titled Notes on Formation: Ammar Khammash as a reference point, the discussion highlights how the architect’s focus on cultural and natural heritage and his deep respect for the environment lead to the production of work that is truly and intimately in The workshop will introduce participants to a new way of viewing and interpreting films through the use of architecture as an embodiment of an idea or a feeling. The talk is organized into three sections–terrarium, aquarium, and planetarium, each of which revisits such devices of wonder—as expounded through drawings, models, and material artifacts— to reassemble Samia Taktak Zaru is a multimedia artist, designer, painter and sculptor. We are pleased to announce the recipient of the Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab art 2024 – 2025: Lina Ramadan, a Ph. Palestine 1974-2003. In Palestine, the timing was especially critical. Catalogue of the exhibition organized by Al Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah. The objects come from Amman, Jordan, where Nadia and Timo noticed a plot of land between two Published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2007 Editor: Nadia al Issa Pages: 83 Design: Ala’ Younis Printed in Jordan. Phil. com; In 2022, we lost a valued friend and honorary member of Darat al Funun’s advisory board, Dr. A visit to Petra resulted in a series of large-scale etchings in his signature black chromatic approach. and artists of our 30th anniversary exhibitions. The Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2024 29 July – 30 September 2024 This year’s summer academy, Out of the Rifts: Forging Resilience in Changing Landscapes , engaged in a deep introspection into our current artistic and cultural methods, tools, and ways of knowing. More information about the excavations and the archaeology of the site can be found here. Deprived of water, electricity, fuel, and food, they draw with dry ball pens on school notebooks, medical packages, old paper, using natural dyes, tea, pomegranates, and karkade. Under daily bombardments and forced displacement, artists in Gaza did not stop drawing. Bikai and Mai Sha'er A house from the early 1920s, restored in 1995, and dedicated to the memory of Khalid Shoman, the patron of Darat al Funun. A writer and academic focusing on Palestinian arts and cultural practices, modern Arab intellectual history, and cultural spaces and processes, Dr. Application deadline: 21 December 2024 . Abdellah Karroum is an independent art researcher, publisher and curator. Postcolonial Ecologies opens with a presentation by the curators on Tuesday 9 March 2021 at 6:00 pm (Amman time). visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture The Artist Directory is a list of artists, fellows, curators, researchers, and others who have lived the history of Darat al Funun. com; Kareem Estefan is a writer, editor, art critic, teacher, Darat al Funun fellow, and PhD candidate in Modern Culture and Media at Brown University, researching the poetics of witnessing and worldbuilding in Palestinian visual culture. Dr. The intensive platform not Darat al Funun is currently accepting applications for participation in the 2024 Projects at The Lab program. Email me. Sudanese artist and printmaker Mohammad Omar Khalil stayed in residence at Darat al Funun for his 1993 exhibition. 9 January - 31 December 2024. Tuesday 20 September 2022. Rituals of Signs and Transitions (1975-1995) Art, books, and visual and audio productions. In Geostories: Another Architecture for the Environmen t, Design Earth explores how the speculative design project makes visible and public the climate crisis. She is the recipient of the 421 Curatorial Development Program for 2023-24, and The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art 2024-25. Adnan al Sharif held the position of Assistant Director from 1996 - 2005. In these villages, the family home has become a waiting station for development. Through a series of physical perforations in the film, each puncture allows light to pass through; the total number of Resurgent Nahda pays homage to the two Arab exhibitions organized in Mandate Jerusalem in 1933 and 1934, held as several Arab countries were at the height of their struggle against colonialism. In this talk, Nadi Abusaada highlights findings from his forthcoming book on the work and legacies of a pioneering generation A building dating from the 1920s, restored in 1992 to house: three interconnected exhibition galleries on the first floor;; an art library containing publications, films, digital archives, and a display of archaeological findings from the ancient site of Darat al Funun; and workspaces in the print studios on the ground floor, including a printmaking press. To learn more about Khalid Shoman, please visit khalid-shoman. Suha Shoman. More information about the history of the Residency Building can be found here. Tuesday 21 June 2022 . Darat al Funun will be hosting the first solo exhibition in the region of Mona Hatoum's work following a one-month residency by the artist. The conversation will be in Arabic. Application deadline: 21 December 2024 Tuesday 17 December 2024. Hourani had a retrospective exhibition at Darat al Funun in 2017. That same year, Darat al Funun came under the umbrella of The Khalid Shoman Foundation. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh was the Director General of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit from 2018 - 2023. In 2018, we concluded our 30th anniversary celebrations by inaugurating at the Beit al Beiruti “The Museum: Art Architecture Archaeology”, which embodies our 30 year long journey in support of contemporary arts and artists from the Arab world and our contribution to preserving Jordan’s Amin Alsaden is a Ph. They will discuss the effect of the art works on the viewer, and their relationship to the surrounding spaces. He is the Director of Riwaq Centre in Ramallah, where he has worked since 1994 in documenting, protecting and restoring built Palestinian heritage. It is a multimedia visual essay centered on an investigation into the Haifa Governmental Hospital in Palestine, built-in 1938. 25 October 2022 - ongoing This is why Darat al Funun is here today. Halabi played an important role in the shifting landscape of religiously themed to more secular work, inspiring many Palestinian artists of the next generation. His works from a period of over 17 years were exhibited at Darat al Funun in May 1999. Explore the exhibitions 'A Camel in the Room' by Raed Ibrahim and 'A Matter of Resilience' by Nadia Kaabi-Linke through this virtual tour. , is the author of the book The Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: An Anthology and a Photo History, 2011. The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art 2025-26. Before joining the Darat al Funun team in early 2022, Ahmad managed a free screening facility for the children of Zaatari camp in Mafraq, Jordan. Rethinking Modernism Through Arab Women’s Art. and M. In addition, he is a painter who has exhibited in Jordan, Lebanon and Italy. The talk will highlight the practice's influences and recent work - covering everything from a small palace in the Jordanian desert to a sundial for an Islamic Arts Biennale. Journey through the Contemporary Arts of the Arab World. share. Architect Ammar Khammash takes a close look at the architecture of the three traditional buildings of the Darat, dating from the 1920’s, in the context of the history of architecture in Jordan. In 1999, Hourani participated in Darat al Funun's Summer Academy under the supervision of Marwan. Open Studios - Darat al Funun Summer Academy . In the garden of the main building there are excavations of a Byzantine church from the 6th century. — Castedo, Leopoldo (Amman: Darat Al Funun 1994). Darat al Funun presents the first comprehensive exhibition of photographs by Karimeh Abbud, the first Palestinian and the first Arab woman photographer to set up her own studio in early 20th century Palestine. His work deals with topics of immigration and psychology, as well as processes of revolution and Dr. She had her first exhibition A Matter of Resilience at Darat al Funun in 2020 where she produced Das Kapital—Epilogue (2020), “ a video installation with several found objects: a metal gate propped upright by a pile of tawny, unpolished stones and a weathered electric cable. Under the patronage of Her Excellency, the Minister of Culture, Mrs. Explore Darat al Funun through this virtual tour of its buildings and gardens. Darat al Funun. He has a PhD from TU Berlin and has taught in Germany, Oman, and the USA. At a later stage in the exhibition, Hourani will also launch his new art book, inspired by a tall tale of art works removed from Libya since 2011. Darat al Funun Virtual Tour. In this talk, Palestinian artist Mirna Bamieh will present an overview of her work and research; how she employs storytelling, photography, performance, and other mediums to investigate the politics of disappearance, culture, memory, and identity. In two parallel timelines, the film follows the journey of a Palestinian rowing champion striving to achieve her dream and the story of a fisherman and marine rescuer who has spent his life by the Gaza Sea. She had novel ideas that were inspired by the local heritage and technical skills that formulated works of breathtaking beauty. Malikian, Ph. The screenings will explore the role of architecture as an agent of action and its impact on both narrative and theme. — Eisenberg, Deborah; Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory / Michael Ahlam Shibli Untitled (The Valley no. 1993-2002 The Collective Permanent Exhibition of Contemporary Arab Artists. From the publication Darat al Funun: Art, Architecture, Archaeology, 1997. ARTIST FOUNDER AND CHAIR OF DARAT AL FUNUN. Diwan Al-Mimar: A Small Palace and Other Ambient Works. Ports usually thrive with commercial services customised for visitors or workers from the area. Emily Jacir Crossing Surda (a record of going to and from work), 2002. She co-convenes the Archives of the Disappeared Research Network, is a founding committee member of Librarians and Archivists with Palestine, and an editor at Radical History Review. Ala' has been working for 12 years on various musical/sound projects; his work is an intersection of the visual, oral and cultural. Vera Tamari. . In 2002 he exhibited at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Gallery, New York. The program revisited Darat al Funun’s thirty-year-long relation with Within the framework of its ‘Falastin al Hadara’ program, Darat al Funun presents a number of exhibitions that look at both pioneering and contemporary art in Palestine. and ACSA Faculty Design Awards for outstanding work in architecture and related environmental design fields as a critical Khalil Halaby lived in Jerusalem his entire life, a city and its surrounding landscapes he depicted in many of his works. His work ‘Unforming Zionism’ is exhibited in the re-rooting exhibition at Darat Al-Funun. Candidate in the History of Architecture at Harvard University. Saturday 22 July 2023.
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