Darat al funun architecture. 11 July - 20 October 2000.

Darat al funun architecture Marwan led and directed the Darat al Funun Summer Academy (1999-2003), which brought together 60 participating artists from the Arab world. 4 March 1997 Ziad Dalloul: Graphic Art and Painting on Paper. Works from the Hisham Khatib private collection. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions and as part of a number of group shows, in Jordan and other countries. Since 2004, there has been emphasis on organizing workshops in new media, video art, photography, and music. Live performance by Joe Namy . Hisham Al Khatib: “I hope to contribute towards an understanding of the unique history, art, and heritage of Palestine and the region during an incredibly formative time”. 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. Yearly exhibitions were organized, including 50 Years of Graphic Art. artist's work in the khalid shoman collection. Conder, who excavated part of the church, first identified the site in 1881. Activities. Jamal Al Din Al Afghani, c. performance. In addition to engaging with the artists in residence, he is our community outreach officer and is responsible for implementing the Nahnou Together educational program. Darat al Funun is proud to present a performance of Fadhel Jaziri's "Al Hadhra" at the archaeological site, featuring folk singers and instrumentalists. S. Tuesday 23 November 2021. Works by Emily Jacir, Rula Halawani, Tarek al Ghoussein, Dana Erekat, Rashid Masharawi. 8 x 57. Produced by Annemarie Jacir and directed by Dahna Abourahme. Executed between the major Palestinian revolts of 1929 and 1936, the exhibitions took place during intense confrontations Ahlam Shibli Untitled (The Valley no. Riham Ghassib is a painter whose colourful palette is inspired by nature. Malikian, Ph. Faisal Darraj is a philosopher and literary critic based in Amman. Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2024. 11 July - 20 October 2000. Vartanian Collier, L & Ibrahim, I. Explore Darat al Funun through a virtual reality 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 The complex of Darat al-Funun, which is located in Amman's Jabal al-Luweibdeh district, includes six renovated buildings, three shops / warehouses, and an archeological site in its gardens consisting of the ruins of a sixth-century Darat al Funun today is an oasis for the arts overlooking the crowded downtown area of the old city of Amman. In this talk, Namy will discuss some of his recent artistic projects, works, and installations, and will share his experience throughout the development and production sides. Application deadline: 21 December 2024 . 5 x 17. related. 19 July – 29 September 2022 Print Studios (Main Building) The Architecture of Circularity. 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. The 2024-2025 Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship . 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. Participants will explore the practices of capturing, filtering, and collaging sound to create new meanings and new ways of listening. Rafa al Nasiri set up and directed the printmaking studio and gave courses in graphic art from 1993-1995. Jordanian Artists: Testimonials and Studies, Published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2000. He is the Director of Riwaq Centre in Ramallah, where he has worked since 1994 in documenting, protecting and restoring built Palestinian heritage. The scope of his work includes exhibitions production, management and documentation. They will discuss the effect of the art works on the viewer, and their relationship to the surrounding spaces. Archaeology Excavations onsite began in 1993, revealing layers of archaeological significance dating back millennia. 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. In 1998 Darat al Funun presented A Vision, An Identity: Works from the private collection of Mamdouh Bisharat. In 2016, Asma released her film “Still Alive,” which was screened in many festivals and won several awards. From 1999-2003 Marwan directed the Darat al Funun Summer Academy. This workshop is open to both young and experienced designers, architects, and those interested in discourse on urban theories. Ayham Dalal is a specialist in the field of forced migration and architecture, with over eight years of experience in researching refugee camps in Europe and the Middle East. 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. March 2003. The guided tours aim to explore the artworks on display and the key ideas, topics, and issues raised, and how the works tackle, document, and discuss them from different aspects, and across different mediums. Set during the current Intifada, this documentary follows four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem. Saturday 30 Darat al Funun is currently accepting applications for participation in the 2024 Projects at The Lab program. The talk will be in Arabic. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Ali Kaaf attended Darat al Funun's first Summer Academy in 1999, under the direction of Marwan. ART The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art 2025-26. It is a multimedia visual essay centered on an investigation into the Haifa Governmental Hospital in Palestine, built-in 1938. 13 May 1997 Najia Mehadji: Paintings. She exhibited her work at Darat al Funun for the first time in 1994. 18 January 1995 Ghada Dahdaleh: Paintings. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Experts say the war on Gaza is now among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history, far surpassing the death toll and displacement inflicted by the Israeli Occupation during the Nakba of 1948—this by the “most moral army” in the world. Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum; Residencies; Artist Directory; the Collection; The Khalid Shoman follow us. She has studied vernacular construction and classical architecture and is currently researching traditional architectural His work includes landscape, travel, street, and architecture photography. ; More information about the He has had numerous solo exhibitions like “Repeated and Different” at Galerie Epreuve d' Artiste in Beirut in 1999 and “Nabatiyat” at Darat al Funun in Amman in 1996. 14 September 2021 - 15 February 2022. Hisham Al Khatib says in the introduction to his book Jerusalem, Palestine and Jordan in the archives of Dr. artist's work in the khalid shoman collection Published in 2017 by the Khalid Shoman Foundation Edited by Eline van der Vlist Translation and copy-editing Arabic by Ahmad Zatari Designed by Hans Gremmen 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. 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. In the garden of the main building there are excavations of a Byzantine church from the 6th century. Civil Architecture (Hamed Bukhamseen and Ali Karimi) Tuesday 25 July 2023. Tuesday 18 July 2023 . Zulfa Sa’di (1905-1988). Volume 2 documents the findings of the colloquium. More information about the history of the Residency Building can be found here. He uses photography primarily to capture an awareness of impermanence, looking for beauty in the seams, natural, the material, the nostalgic, and the imperfect. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Archaeology; what’s Rafa al-Nasiri - His Life & Art, Published by The Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, 2010. Darat al Funun presents the exhibition Three Artists Three Generations by Bady Dalloul, Ziad Dalloul, and Maha Maamoun. — Eisenberg, Deborah; She was appointed as the Louis I. 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 Artist and architect Sahel al Hiyari talks with philosopher and critic Dr. The conversation will be in Arabic. In Madaba he renovated the Byzantine church of the Apostles and Virgin Mary, in the South, the village of the Dana 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. The stories are drawn both from Palestinian folktales and contemporary life-stories collected by the artist, blurring the lines between fact and fiction until it is no longer possible to tell the two apart. Ahmed Isam Aldin is an artist and designer from Khartoum. He is the founder of the Arab Film Archive project. At Darat al Funun. From 1999-2003 over 60 artists from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Iraq attended the academy. Tuesday 27 February 2018. Khaldun Bshara is an architect, restorer and anthropologist. Nimr Pasha al Hmoud, the mayor of Salt, a prominent Jordanian city, began construction of the Main Building in 1918. Published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2018. 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. Ramadan is pursuing her PhD at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. We organize specialized workshops for artists and young people. Tuesday 20 September 2022. A one-room building down from the Main Building. Shibli exhibited twice at documenta, in 2007 and in 2017. In these villages, the family home has become a waiting station for development. Explore the exhibitions 'A Camel in the Room' by Raed Ibrahim and 'A Matter of Resilience' by Nadia Kaabi-Linke through this virtual tour. 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. The Darat al Funun 1999-2003 Summer Academy Then and Now. Faiq Mari. Halabi played an important role in the shifting landscape of religiously themed to more secular work, inspiring many Palestinian artists of the next generation. 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. A visit to Petra resulted in a series of large-scale etchings in his signature black chromatic approach. In the summer of 2018, a public colloquium brought recipients of the Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art (est. Ink on paper, 28. 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. 6 December 1993 Throughout the years, we conducted workshops in a variety of fields, including painting, printmaking, the techniques of paper making, gilding, and illumination. 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. Palestine and Jordan 1500 -1900. With works by. She became director of Darat al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation in 2014. Hisham Al Khatib in appreciation 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. 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 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. The search for order in nature has been a fundamental interest for Ammar Khammash. We organize exhibitions, projects at The Lab, talks, films, and workshops, offer a PhD fellowship and artist residencies, and open our library and archives for research. 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. Nuha al Radi is an artist of demonstrated talent in cermaic art, and was a top-grade ceramist among Iraqi and Arab ceramists. — Castedo, Leopoldo; A History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography / H. 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. Eliot, Four Quartets, Burnt Norton This workshop is designed for anyone interested in practicing creative writing as part of a group, and in an interactive setting. 5 cm. Her most recent artwork, a scorebook on life in exile, was recently in exhibition at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale. Adnan al Sharif held the position of Assistant Director from 1996 - 2005. 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. HIWAR | Conversations in Amman is an exhibition, residencies, and talks program organized by Darat al Funun to celebrate 25 years of support for the arts. Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2023 Sonic Bricolages. 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. The newly re-launched Diwan Al-Mimar series continues this month with Ammar Khammash. His work deals with topics of immigration and psychology, as well as processes of revolution and anti-colonial cartography. As part of Darat al Funun's objectives for creating stimulating environments for artists to interact and exchange ideas within its studios, drawing and painting classes were held at between the months of January and June 2003, under the supervision of Jordanian artist Muhanna Durra. 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. This call offers an opportunity to reflect on the significance of artistic and cultural practice today within the context of the Palestinian struggle. In addition, he is a painter who has exhibited in Jordan, Lebanon and Italy. 11 November 1993 Jordanian artist Ammar Khammash: Paintings. In his drawings, Adnan Yahya reflects the suffering and the struggle of the Palestinian people, forced to live under occupation, facing displacement and injustice. 23 June – 31 July 2024 Application Deadline: His accolades include the RIBA President's Award for Research in Architecture (2021) and the Salje Medal for Doctoral Research in Arts and Humanities at Clare Hall, Cambridge (2022). This is why Darat al Funun is here today. Cinematheque@TheLab. 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. Though he rarely travels outside Gaza, his work is known and recognized much more widely due to his participation in international exhibitions. R. visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; Darat al Funun Summer Academy 2023 Sonic Bricolages. Artist and architect who restored the first three houses of Darat al Funun. HIWAR brings 14 artists from the Arab world, Africa, Asia, and Latin America to Amman for residencies in September and October 2013. He continued his studies at Universität der Künste in Berlin under the supervision of Marwan and Rebecca Horn. Email me. During the first decade of the 20 th century Amman was a small town with a population of hardly 2000. Significantly, as Shibli’s work reveals, those differences are reliant on the very notion of territorial location and the struggle to carve out an existence within the Postcolonial Ecologies opens with a presentation by the curators on Tuesday 9 March 2021 at 6:00 pm (Amman time). Romooz Foundation). 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. In 2016 banners hung from the Diwan over the past 15 years were displayed at The Lab. Their projects traverse theoretical and activist registers to locate new forms of architectural work through critical relationships with collaborators across the Overlooking downtown Amman, the historic houses of Darat al Funun date from the 1920s and 1930s. Saturday October 25 at 4:00 PM: L'Eclisse (1962) 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. Resident Artists. Archaeology. 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. Sahel al Hiyari is an architect, who in 2002 was the first to receive the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. 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). Faisal Darraj about his current exhibition ‘Portals’ at Darat al Funun. In Palestine, the timing was especially critical. In 2006, Pierre and Patricia presented their new archaeological findings at Darat al Funun in the exhibition Out of the Desert. its landscape, architecture and street signs. 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. A building from the 1930s, restored in 2013 to provide more exhibition spaces. Joe Namy . In 2005, he held an architecture exhibition in the Blue House, and in 2013 he had a solo From the publication Darat al Funun: Art, Architecture, Archaeology, 1997. Emily Jacir Crossing Surda (a record of going to and from work), 2002. In solidarity with Lebanon, Darat al Funun presents a display of works by sound artist Joe Namy. Bilad al Sham (1): Jordan. Joseph E. Yahya himself was not yet twenty when he witnessed the massacres of Sabra and Shatila. Along with visiting the Darat’s contemporary art exhibitions, many come to Only in the small shop on the street that passes east of the Darat al-Funun was a modest workshop of carpentry; the rest, the house and the garden with its archaeological remains, were dormant under a layer of decaying eucalyptus Darat al Funun is located in three houses from the 1920s, on a small hill in the oldest part of Amman. Calligraphy as a visual art-form has been part of the heritage of all major cultural groups all throughout history. 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. 1930; Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, c. She has worked as a designer in New York, Washington DC, and Jordan. 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, Out of the Shadows is a live-art performance on water brides, ghouls and enchanted creatures who inhabit wells and springs. com. 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. Far from closed Islamic thought—which invented an ideal past and equated the needs of that fictitious past with those of the present, lived reality —Arab Nahda thought addressed the diagnosed problems of modern society: Tahtawi 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. En/Ar For our 30th anniversary, we invited artists from all disciplines to pause and reflect, to re-imagine our world, and to reinvent their narrative, following the challenge set by Mahmoud Darwish in his poem ‘To a Young Poet’: 1993-2002 The Collective Permanent Exhibition of Contemporary Arab Artists. In the Southern gardens of Darat al Funun lie the ruins of a sixth century Byzantine church and an old cave. Boghossian Foundation Prize, and ACSA Faculty Design Awards for outstanding work in architecture and related environmental design fields as a critical endeavor. , is the author of the book The Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: An Anthology and a Photo History, 2011. The Artist Directory is a list of artists, fellows, curators, researchers, and others who have lived the history of Darat al Funun. Yet, after decades of non-recognition, affecting homes and villages where 150,000 Palestinian Bedouins reside, 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. 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 Ala' Diab, sound: studied architecture at the University of Jordan. Click on a name to find out more about them and their exhibitions and events here. D candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Aziz Amoura, Sabra and Shatila (series of 6), 1984. The Museum. More information about the excavations and the archaeology of the site can be found here. . The talk is organized into three sections–terrarium, aquarium, and planetarium, each of which revisits such devices of 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. Born in Jerusalem, he studied music at the University of Iowa. Silver gelatin print, 37. His works from a period of over 17 years were exhibited at Darat al Funun in May 1999. Architecture. ‘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] Adonis began making small collages using Arabic calligraphy from the early 1990s, adding fragments of his own poems, as well as classical Arabic poetry. 6 cm. Presented as a constellation, they encourage us to weave these elements together and create our own narratives. Darat Al Funun, Amman (2022); The Miyake Issey Foundation, Tokyo (2021); Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid (2020); Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (2018); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2017); and Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016). 1930; Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, c. Kaaf returned to the 2003 Summer Academy as Marwan's assistant. She had a solo exhibition at Darat al Funun in 2010, and her work was part of several other exhibitions. The catalogue contains the artists’ biographies, descriptions of and comments on their works and their own statements. August 1993 Inaugural Exhibition: 50 Contemporary Arab Artists. Artist Talk: Akram Zaatari. Lina Ramadan, Darat al Funun Fellow. He curated two exhibitions, directed an award-winning film, and edited a book about the architecture of refugee camps in the Middle East (upcoming). 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. Hitchcock/Truffaut. It's been achieved through the support and funding of the Khalid Shoman Foundation- Darat al Funun. 25 October 2022 - ongoing. " In 2002, she got permission to enter Gaza unexpectedly. An apartment building adjacent to The Lab, renovated in 2013 to host our artists-in-residence and fellows. Sharif Hussein Bin Ali, c. Saturday 22 July 2023. Samra's work is held in several private and museum collections such as the British Museum, the Bahrain National Museum, the Kinda Collection in Riyadh, as well as the Khalid Shoman Private Collection. The program revisited Darat al Funun’s thirty-year-long relation with 2004 | 76 mins. 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 Explore Darat al Funun through this virtual tour of its buildings and gardens. This wear and tear is evident by the indelible stains left from the constant flow of traffic of feet over many years. © 1997-2024 Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation 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, This exhibition displays 300 artworks of 52 Jordanian artists. The intensive platform not A History of Latin American Art and Architecture from Pre-Columbian Times to the Present / Leopoldo Castedo; Phyllis Freeman (Translator/Editor). visit; Visit Us; about; About Us; Our Story; Activities; Architecture; He had a solo exhibition at Darat al Funun in 2011, and participated in several other exhibitions. How do we make sense of the Earth at a moment in which it is presented in crisis? In Geostories: Another Architecture for the Environmen t, Design Earth explores how the speculative design project makes visible and public the climate crisis. Eight Jordanian Artists Abdellah Karroum is an independent art researcher, publisher and curator. Search for art is universal, appreciation is acquired and the desire to educate the public and give it the chance to taste the best is obviously the reason why Suha Shoman decided to Al Haqq is a collaborative project between two artists united by a common philosophy: that by contemplating beauty and harmony, the human soul may progress on its journey towards Truth (Al Haqq in Arabic - one of the names of God). Hourani had a retrospective exhibition at Darat al Funun in 2017. Open Studios - Darat al Funun Summer Academy . He has published several books on literary theory and criticism. 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. Havard Arnason. 1930. However, among the Arabs and other Muslim communities, Calligraphy has received the kind of attention that no other art-form has. A talk by Abeer Seikaly . She is known for her depiction of the Jordanian countryside and daily life in Jordan. Revisiting Darat al Funun’s Main Building: Stories, History, and Restoration. The Khalid Shoman Collection. To learn more about Khalid Shoman, please visit khalid-shoman. Overlooking downtown Amman, the historic houses of Darat al Funun date from the 1920s and 1930s. publication. A house from the early 1920s, restored in 1995, and dedicated to the memory of Khalid Shoman, the patron of Darat al Funun. British explorer Major C. learning. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Architecture. exhibition. In 2004 he had his first exhibition, Aswad, at Darat al Funun. 1993-2002 The Collective Permanent Exhibition of Contemporary Arab Artists. Dr. 2011) together in Amman for the first time to examine the ways in which knowledge about Arab art is generated and disseminated. 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. Darat al Funun Re-Opening. Dubplants. Participants will be given the opportunity to have the intention, aesthetic and local relevance of their work critiqued by a panel at the end of the workshop. Sunday 8 December 2024. share. In the 1990s he led design and technology efforts at various pioneering publishing, consulting and web ventures in the Middle East. His Amman-based company, SYNTAX, is a brand, design and innovation firm. 8 March 1995 In 2013, she obtained a Higher Diploma in Film and Television Directing from the Film Institute of Madrid. A Stone’s Throw The Revival of Adobe Architecture in Palestine. 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. Artefacts findings from the archaeological site are on permanent display in the library. 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 Dr. 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. 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. 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. Revisiting Darat al Funun’s Main Building: Stories, Working in various mediums, Raed Ibrahim is interested in socially and politically engaged artistic practices. Sound Clash. Journey through the Contemporary Arts of the Arab World. Inscriptions and "An architect by training, Erekat began taking pictures, she says, "to escape architecture and architecture school. For more information about the This selection of short films presents examples on the different usages of architecture in cinema through its various genres. Ala' has been working for 12 years on various musical/sound projects; his work is an intersection of the visual, oral and cultural. Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum; Residencies; Artist Directory; the His work experience includes MMAG foundation, Makan art space and the Royal Film Commission. video. 12 January 1995 Amine el Bacha: Paintings. Sudanese artist and printmaker Mohammad Omar Khalil stayed in residence at Darat al Funun for his 1993 exhibition. “Time present and time past, Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. She had novel ideas that were inspired by the local heritage and technical skills that formulated works of breathtaking beauty. In his 2020 exhibition at Darat al Funun, A Camel in the Room he makes us reflect on major issues that are not discussed or acknowledged. 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. "The answer, because I am an artist and not a documentarian, is that I want to create a symbolic image that bears a signifier and signified, making the viewer think about the work and in the work, to be intellectually provoked, to interact with it physically and mentally. The Ghorfa (‘room’ in Arabic) is used as an additional art space. For the past several years, he has been studying archival photographs as it relates to Ottoman history. ” T. 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. Through a series of physical perforations in the film, each puncture allows light to pass through; the total number of 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. 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. 13 April 1997 Said Nuseibeh: Photography. Explore our online archive of exhibitions, events, videos and publications. Diwan Al-Mimar: A Small Palace and Other Ambient Works. The interplay between the immaterial digital pixels of the projected video and the material realness of the stone arrangement, together in the context of Darat al Funun's architectural space, suspends the viewer in a state of contemplation. 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 Khalil Halaby lived in Jerusalem his entire life, a city and its surrounding landscapes he depicted in many of his works. From 1999-2003 over 60 artists from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Iraq attended the academy. " Ahmad Humeid, 2002 "The staircase leading up into the coffee shops in Down Town Amman are well worn. 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. Khoury contributed to the musical movement through his various positions in the Palestinian cultural field. He joined the Darat al Funun team in 2008. D. She had just two rolls of film with her, one color, one black-and-white. Her 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. February - May 2005. The Wall and the Checkpoints, exhibition catalog published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2006 “Ten years ago when the peace process first started, I like many other Palestinians was ready to give peace a chance. He also contributed a text "A Work of Beauty" as his personal reflection to Arab Art Histories (2013). Rethinking Modernism Through Arab Women’s Art. " Published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2007 Editor: Nadia al Issa Pages: 83 Design: Ala’ Younis Printed in Jordan. Set in three rooms, Ibrahim’s work aims to provoke the viewer by using irony, thereby shedding light and generating debate on taboo Even works by students of the Darat Al Funun Summer Academy (directed by Marwan) are on display, in an act of recognition that may propel them to the forefront of the art scene in the Arab world. This workshop focuses on the practical aspects of sound design and sound sculpting. 20 May 1997 "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 this session, we read together excerpts from texts by the late Dr. 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. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Darat Al Funun 1994). Fahrelnissa Zeid, Rafiq Lahham, Ahmad Nawash, Samia Zaru, Wijdan, Hind Nasser, Yasser Sites of Memory presents memories and personal testimonies about places of importance to modern Jordanian history. "Al Hadhra" is a compilation of mystic music from Tunisian Sufi tariqas, and under Jaziri's direction, this classic Tunisian musical show has been completely invigorated and revived. His work has been part of several exhibitions at Darat al Funun, including Art Now in Lebanon in 2008, curated by Andrée Sfeir-Semler. Publication introducing Darat al Funun, including its location as well as its exhibitions, workshops, the collection and the library. The Jerusalem-based artist’s delicate drawings and olive-wood sculptures, some of which were specifically made for Darat al Funun, depict ghoulehs and magical beings with the landscapes and sites they inhabit. at the lab. Air: 24 Hours - Jennifer Bartlett / Deborah Eisenberg. 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. Carving up a space for dissonance and incoherency, the exhibition is an invitation to consider the role of the aural in the construction of historical narratives and rethink the representation of “the event” in relation to various sites across the country: The Artist Directory is a list of artists, fellows, curators, researchers, and others who have lived the history of Darat al Funun. The screenings will explore the role of architecture as an agent of action and its impact on both narrative and theme. Catalogue on an exhibition that took place in Darat al Funun in spring 2006, exactly one year after the end of the Second Intifada. Program of screenings and discussions. He leads design and innovation at IWlab, which he co-founded, and The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for Modern and Contemporary Arab Art 2025-26. 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. 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). His work ‘Unforming Zionism’ is exhibited in the re-rooting exhibition at Darat Al-Funun. She has worked with many TV stations, including Al Jazeera, Al Arabi, MBC, France 24, ARTE, and PBS. talk. Ahmad Humeid started his first design studio in 1991 while studying architecture at the University of Jordan. 25), Arab al-Shibli, Palestine, 2007-2008. Basil Al Maqousi, Majed Shala, Raed Issa, Sohail Salem 15 October 2024 – 31 March 2025 | Blue House In solidarity with Palestine, Darat al Funun presents a display of drawings by four artists in Gaza. More information about the history of Dar Khalid can be found here. Summer Academy. 30 October 1993 Sudanese artist Mohammad Omar Khalil: Graphic Art. 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. Jordanian Artists: Testimonials and Studies, Published by Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, 2002. An architecture of community. In 2005 he designed the upper front façade of Darat al Funun. Architecture; Archaeology; what’s on; Current Program; The Museum; Residencies; Artist Directory; the Collection; The Khalid Shoman Collection; khalid 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. 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. uudijdmz woa qnrvb jcwmd jdwc zqqhr giqffc rplvfak sxhsay vdyn