The pavilion, located at Magazzino Del Sale N.5, explores ideas of decolonization and decarbonization by rethinking means of transportation and accessibility. The project looks at Kuwait at a national scale with a focused study on Kuwait City as a prototypical condition. The exhibition features various studies that explore transitional spaces in the city that range in scope and scale. In our collective philosophy, history is treated as a spiral rather than a linear timeline; looking for moments of precedent that can inform future developments.
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Preview Days: May 18—19, 2023
Inauguration: May 19, 2023, at 10 am
May 20—November 26, 2023
Location: Magazzino Del Sale N.5
Dorsoduro, 262,
30123 Venezia VE, Italy
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The NCCAL was established in 1973 by Amiri Decree, the Council seeks to preserve and promote the arts throughout Kuwait and aims to cultivate a productive environment for artists. Today, the duties of the organization vary from maintaining museums, public libraries, and cultural centers, to organizing excavations, renovating pre-oil structures, arranging annual cultural festivals, hosting readings and lectures, and representing Kuwait at cultural events abroad.
Acting Secretary General for the National Council for Culture Arts and Literature / Kuwait (NCCAL) – Dr. Mohammad Al Jassar.
Commissioner – Abdulaziz Almazeedi – National Council for Culture Arts and Literature / Kuwait (NCCAL).
Curators – Hamad Alkhaleefi, Naser Ashour, Rabab Raes Kazem, Mohammad Kassem.
Exhibitors – Abdulaziz Bazuhair, Abdullah Albusaili, Aliaa Mahdy, Aziz Motawa, Bader Al Moulah, Batool Ashour, Dana Alrashid, Fatima Al Fulaij, Jassim Alelwani, Malak Al Suwaihel, Maryam Mohammed, Mohammed Khesroh, Nada Abu-Daqer, Noor Abdulkhaleq, Nour Jafar, Nourah Alazmi, Qutaiba Buyabes, Sara Al-zeer, Sayer Al Sayer, Sultan Alsamhan, Yasmeen Abdal, Zahra Al-Mahdi, Zahra Hashim.
Contributors – Abdulrahman Sadeq, Fareed Alghimlas, Hasan Al Saffar, Jassim Alnashmi, Latifa Al-Hajji, Maha Al Asaker, Suad Al-Bahar, Vinod Kumar.
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