Art, Process & Practice
Warehouse 421, Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, 2015
Client: Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
with: Seaf Program
Rhode Island School of Design: Anais Missakian, Pradeep Sharma
Coordinators: Khulood Al Atiyat, Dan Phillips
Artists: Abdul Azim Al Ghussein, Afra Al Dhaheri, Al Anood Al Obaidly, Alaa Edris, Alia Hussein Lootah, Asma Belhamar, Hadeyeh Badri, Hamdan Al Shamsi, Khaled Mezaina, Mays Albaik, Moza Al Matrooshi, Saif Mhaisen, Salama Nasib, Talin Hazbar, Vikram Divecha and Walid Al Wawi
Contractor: Projex Dubai
Surface: 1250sm
The exhibition was set up in a temporary space, an old wood warehouse. The “community” idea at the basis of the SEAF program was interpreted through the main element of the project: a long table, which crosses the entire warehouse hosting selected artists’ artworks. The table is a single sequence of display cases, the content of which consists of sketches, drawings, photos and documents created by the artists in their ateliers. The long table is designed to look like a pile of raw industrial wood, recalling the warehouse’s original function. The main room is equipped with an imploded lighting system, characterized by 10 inverted pyramid trunks wrapped in white fabric, which exploit the natural lighting of the existing skylights. Each skylight has a customized “foot”, ready to accommodate the different types of media present in the exhibition.
