March 2022

TASMEEM DOHA 2022 / RADICAL FUTURES

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Curatorial Activism

Art for Cats With Cats etc.

Cats_etcetera is an online platform that brings the art and design community together to help raise awareness about stray animals, especially cats in Qatar. Cats_etcetera is a volunteer group, aiming to serve the community and the well-fare of the stray animal community. No Registration is required.

The Future of the Arab Image

The Natural Reverse of Knowledge

This project arises from an attempt to raise awareness of the paradoxical relationship between digitization and knowledge.

Cultural Misfits

Exploring postcolonial realities, Cultural Misfits follows different experiences of third culture kids (TCK) navigating their identity politics.  A TCK is…

Sonic Jeel

An Open Jam Session with Sonic Jeel. No registration is required.

A Timeline of Architecture & Design in History

Streamed talk by Mohamed Elshahed (curator, architectural historian, and critic) to a live audience in the Atrium

Sonic Jeel

An Open Jam Session with Sonic Jeel. No registration is required.

Post-colonial Realities in the Picture Book Publishing Industry

Two-day in-person workshop by Charlene Kasdorf (artist, illustrator, and art educator) in Room 215

Street Art Style Print Installation

Join Charlotte Rodenberg's PAPR Sophmore students as they create a Street Art Style Print Installation in the Orange Hall, in booth 1. During this Happening, attendees will be invited to assist in printing, cutting, and collaging the work for the installation. No registration is required.

Food Performance by Salma Serry

Performance & Talk by Salma Serry in the Atrium

Radical Futures of Materials

Streamed talk by Julia Watson (designer, activist, academic, and author) to a live audience in the Atrium

Futurisms: A Discussion with Ingrid LaFleur

Panel discussion between Alisha B. Wormsley, Jasmine Murrell, Saba Taj, and Saks Afridi led by curator Ingrid LaFleur in the Atrium (virtual + in-person options available)

Forensic Architecture

One-day in-person Masterclass by Forensic Architecture in Room 281

Territorial Agency

Two-day virtual Masterclass by Territorial Agency in Room 255

Looming Qatar by The Looming Council

Two-day in-person workshop by Riem Ibrahim (Mobius Studio), Hala Al-Ani (Mobius Studio), and Hadeyeh Badri (Mobius Studio) in Room 214

A photowalk with Rola Khayyat

In the spirit of the flaneur, participants will take a casual walk around the nearby campus, searching for visual splendor and inspiration to be captured with both analog and digital cameras on Monday, March 7th between 9:30 AM and 12:00 noon. No registration is required.

Jam Session

A Live A/V Jam Session with Erika Tsuchiya and Joshua Rodenberg. No registration is required.

Gulf Metaverse 2.0 Film Festival Opening with Róisín Tapponi

The Gulf Metaverse 2.0 Film Festival will be introduced by curator Róisín Tapponi in the Atrium at 3:15 pm (7 March 2022).

Jam Session

A Live A/V Jam Session with Erika Tsuchiya and Joshua Rodenberg. No registration is required.

Records of the (im)possible: A Radical Projects Exhibition

The Radical Projects Exhibition opens officially in the Saffron Hall on Monday, 7th March at 4:15 PM. No registration is required.

Futurisms Exhibition Opening with Ingrid LaFleur

The opening of Futurisms (by Ingrid LaFleur) will be held in The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar on 7 March 2022 at 7 pm.

The Future of Decolonization

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of the
Environment, of
Materials, of
Design, of
Knowledge, of
Curation, of
Technology, of
Language, of
Reality, of
Energy, of
Diversity