US_UAE 50 years of Partnership
Reach Centre, Washington DC, 2021
Clients:
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Washington DC
United States Mission – United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy, Washington DC
Curator: Michele Bambling
Meridian Cultural Programs: Terry K. Harvey “T.K.”
Contractor: Devoto Design
Surface: 5sm
This exhibition project was conceived to be easily assembled/disassembled and transported elsewhere. The same shape of the modules, slightly tapered, is designed to allow a less bulky packaging.
The installation is composed of 6 similar modules, which can be aggregated following different layouts (aligned along a wall, as an island and self-standing, or transformed into 3 clusters of two isolated modules). The content of the exhibition is purely photographic: each module houses 10 backlit photos, divided by subject. The treatment of the exteriors is characterized by a weave of engravings, which create a mimetic effect: once the modules are put together, it is no longer possible to distinguish their separation.
