National pavilion at Expo Dubai opens “Sustainable Cities” exhibition
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
Bahrain’s National Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai announced inaugurating an exhibition on “Sustainable Cities” as part of its third general theme “Narrating Histories” showcasing the rich heritage of Bahrain.
The Bahrain Pavilion “Density Weaves Opportunity” remains open until the end of this month. The “Sustainable Cities” exhibition consists of two main parts.
The first on “Green - from material to structure” by Josie Magi and Amina Aghznai created various artworks mixing natural and industrial materials to shed light on the relationship between heritage and sustainability. The duo will also lead a workshop in Bahrain to discover the possibilities of palm fronds and recycled plastic to create artworks based on weaving techniques. The second part of the exhibition, “Seasonal Springs”, opens at the end of this month as part of Water Week at Expo 2020.
This project will create a series of temporary fountains to serve as basins for rainwater collection at public spaces celebrating the changing seasons as they dry up - an alternative to dumping rainwater into the sea. Another installation artwork by Bahraini artist and designer Hala Kaiksow called “Fleeting” as part of “Narrating Histories” explores the contextualization of time into cloth.
The artist created a hand-woven cloth, having a length of over 24 meters and hung from the Pavilion’s ceiling. The artists spent more than 344 hours on the work. The installation has two colours: indigo (dark blue), a natural plant pigment dating to ancient Mesopotamia and warm grey. The colours reflect the relationship between land and sea that characterizes Bahrain.
“The Dilmun Cabinet of Curiosities: Interwoven Stories”, also part of “Narrating Histories”, has a series of installations by artists Nathaly Jung and Amina Aghznai. It consists of various artworks depicting four separate stories based on the ancient civilization of Dilmun. Works take inspiration from four stories - The Story of Enki and Ninhursag, The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Story of Ilí-ippašra and his Daughter, and The Story of Tiamat.
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