BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT)
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://act.mit.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT)
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T180000
DTSTAMP:20260415T164854
CREATED:20240205T172901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T202052Z
UID:11128-1711044000-1711044000@act.mit.edu
SUMMARY:Anissa Touati | Imagining Communities through Architecture: The Mediterranean Sea as a Constellation
DESCRIPTION:Imagining Communities through Architecture: The Mediterranean Sea as a Constellation \nThis lecture will present three projects that bring together art and architecture united by the Mediterranean Sea as a coherent site of imagination\, collective future and interconnectedness: \n1.Cycles of Collapsing Progress\, an exhibition held at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Unesco World Heritage Site in Tripoli\, Lebanon. \n2. Warché\, a show at the Thalie Foundation in Brussels that links the history of Beirut with the sunken Roman city of Baiae (Italy) and the geometrical architecture of the Arab world  through an original installation by architect Lina Gothmeh. \n3. Mare a Mare\, a refuge for a Mediterranean nation\, designed with architect Meriem Chabani for the Lagos Biennale in Nigeria. This pavilion refers to a transnational shelter where differences cohabit\, exceeding national identities\, borders\, and hierarchies: a breeding ground for future intersections. \nTaking this intercontinental Basin as a key site for the exchange of ideas\, these 3 proposals reconfigure the Mediterranean as a constellation\, both imaginary and real. Navigating from shore to shore\, fictional communities help us see the Mediterranean Sea as a whole. \nAbout Anissa Touati:\nAnissa Touati is a transnational independent curator working between the West and the global South. Trained as an archeologist and medievalist\, she takes the Broader Mediterranean as a source of inspiration for her pluriversal work. She is currently guest curator 2023-2024 of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire\, Geneva and visiting scholar at Brown University\, USA. Over the past decade\,  She has taken on the role of  artistic  director at several international locations\, curated or co-curated exhibitions and projects in many different countries including Chalet Society (France)\, Paris Internationale (France)\, Thalie Foundation (Belgium)\, Contemporary Istanbul (Turkey)\, BEMA Museum (Lebanon)\, Lagos Biennial (Nigeria)\, Broad art museum (USA) amongst others. \nPart of the Spring 2024 Lecture Series. In collaboration with the Department of Architecture.  The lecture is free and open to the public.
URL:https://act.mit.edu/event/anissa-touati-imagining-communities-through-architecture-the-mediterranean-sea-as-a-constellation/
CATEGORIES:Events & Exhibitions,Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://act.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2.ZaadMoultaka.jpeg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR