image/word/word/image is a workshop that explores the back and forth between text and image. Inspired by the works of Fatema Al Fardan in the Mina Zayed: Reflections on Past Futures exhibition, this workshop looks at how text can be interpreted differently according to the image it accompanies.
Date: 3 April
Time: 13:30 - 16:00
Fee: Free
About the instructor:
Mona Ayyash is a Dubai-raised visual artist. Her practice focuses on repetition, memory, slowness, and boredom. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her work was exhibited in Tashweesh at Maraya Art Center as part of the UAE Unlimited program in 2019. She also took part in the Campus Art Dubai 5.0 program and was an artist-in-residence at the Alserkal Residency for their Fall 2017 cycle.
Workshop structure:
- Introductions
- Intro on text and images: references
- Look through images.
- Group Exercise: select one image together
- Start writing texts for image.
- Share with group.
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- Work with a partner and select one of your images, then start writing.
- Try another photo
- Work with partner to see if they can make it stronger.
- Share with group.
- Group critique
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- Break 15 mins
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- Start writing text
- Select the images that go best with the text, and work with a partner to see if you can make the combination of image and text stronger.
- Share with group
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- Swap texts and images.
- Work with a partner to see if you can make the combination of image and text stronger.
- Share with group
- Group critique
- Wrap up workshop
Image Credit: Warehouse421
Age
15+
Price
Free
Telephone number
+971 2 676 8803
Links
Address
Abu DhabiWarehouse421, Abu Dhabi, Mina Zayed, Street Samrayr, Warehouse421
How to get there?
From Abu Dhabi City: Follow the (E10) or Corniche Street towards Port Zayed (Secondary Entrance). Join 20th Street and at the 2nd roundabout turn left.
From Dubai (Travelling on E11): Take Saadiyat Island / Yas Island exit onto Sheikh Khalifa Highway (E12), Continue onto Sheikh Khalifa Highway following the signs for Port Zayed (Secondary Gate). Join 20th Street, and at the 2nd roundabout, turn left.
Key landmarks nearby Warehouse421 are Abu Dhabi Vegetable Market and Mina Center.