MAP OF THE LEGEND, DUBAÏ 2017
Public space installation commissioned by Dubaï Design Week
Original work / Ink on paper, 29,7 x126 cm
In situ / Printed vinyl, variable dimensions (Dubai: 5,82 x 22,9 m)
Commissioned for Iconic City; an annual exhibition by Dubai Design Week. Curated by Salma Lahlou
In situ / Printed vinyl, variable dimensions (Dubai: 5,82 x 22,9 m)
Commissioned for Iconic City; an annual exhibition by Dubai Design Week. Curated by Salma Lahlou
Building the identity of Casablanca delves back in time. Based upon history and myth in equal parts, this map is an evocation of the experience and memory of a city. Tracing the mobility of its inhabitants and the metamorphosis of its neighbourhoods, it becomes the portrait of a city whose evolution has occurred through transhumance and mutation.
SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT + LOADING, DUBAÏ 2017
Mural and neon installation commissioned by Dubaï Design Week
Neon installation 178 x 120 x 12 cm
The coastline of Casablanca is a metaphorical image to relate the city’s capacity for change, its ability to free itself from stillness and push the limits of its perimeter.
Why should we be restricted to a single image that would print itself upon and limit our minds?... whilst we could welcome a limitless number of possibilities to portray the white city. The mural work is an invitation into the imaginary, to constantly reinvent the legend.
Loading … Casa (Hotline), through its format and modus operandi, mirrors this cyclical energy. A still, inert body comes to life, gradually and then with increasing speed, going through distinct stages: excess, overheating, exhaustion, and finally, death. Before being born once again, relentlessly.
Why should we be restricted to a single image that would print itself upon and limit our minds?... whilst we could welcome a limitless number of possibilities to portray the white city. The mural work is an invitation into the imaginary, to constantly reinvent the legend.
Loading … Casa (Hotline), through its format and modus operandi, mirrors this cyclical energy. A still, inert body comes to life, gradually and then with increasing speed, going through distinct stages: excess, overheating, exhaustion, and finally, death. Before being born once again, relentlessly.
