HADEER OMAR:
CONTEMPORARY HERITAGE:
AND THEREAFTER
AL KOOT FORT, DOHA
24 MARCH - 30 MAY, 2021
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Time-based media artist Hadeer Omar has created a contemporary response to the Al Koot Fort, which holds a unique and complex history since its construction in 1906. The artist draws upon the area surrounding the fort and uses Souq Waqif and the Msheireb district as sources of inspiration, weaving together traditional and contemporary aspects of daily life, translating and transforming them into surreal immersive environments.
HADEER OMAR:
CONTEMPORARY HERITAGE:
AND THEREAFTER
AL KOOT FORT, DOHA
24 MARCH - 30 MAY, 2021
BOOK NOW
Time-based media artist Hadeer Omar has created a contemporary response to the Al Koot Fort, which holds a unique and complex history since its construction in 1906. The artist draws upon the area surrounding the fort and uses Souq Waqif and the Msheireb district as sources of inspiration, weaving together traditional and contemporary aspects of daily life, translating and transforming them into surreal immersive environments.
SHAHA AL KHULAIFI
CONTEMPORARY HERITAGE:
THE SPACES IN BETWEEN:
AL RAYYAN PALACE, DOHA
24 MARCH - 30 MAY, 2021
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The exhibition consists of installations that artist Shaha Al Khulaifi has created specifically for the Al Rayyan Palace, calling on her experience in interpreting and investigating architectural spaces through the medium of photography. In her work, the artist observes and records the intricate layers of the architectonic environment, the impact of rapid urban growth, and the contemporary experience of the people living in a changing and developing city.
Shaha Al Khulaifi, The Spaces In-Between
The experiential installations reflect and highlight architectural features of the palace’s corners, windows and gypsum wall decorations as spaces that hold and embody memories in their own right. Through her technique of printing on glass, Al Khulaifi
creates intimate, localised spaces that evoke nostalgia, leading to the exploration of
the hidden details that are amplified by the artist’s positioning of the transparencies
and images. These installations evoke a sense of familiarity with the interior spaces that supersedes any one point in time. Through studying an image, the past becomes present; Al Khulaifi's work becomes an evocative experience specific to its designated space
and place.
Shaha Al Khulaifi, The Spaces In-Between
The gypsum engravings were architectural gestures with abstract motifs common in
the GCC in the 1950s, and have been used as embellishments and decorative elements.
The engravings were added at a later date by artisans from Fars, which were invited to decorate the palaces and fortresses in the mid-20th century. The Al Rayyan area - named after the abundance of water in the land - had fertile soil and environmental elements facilitating the molding of these ornamental features.
The Spaces In-Between is curated by Maryam Hassan Al-Thani. It is part of the larger Contemporary Heritage project where sites of cultural importance are activated by
artists Hadeer Omar at the Al Koot Fort, and Mashael Al Hejazi at the Al Najada House.
Initiated and organised by Tasweer, this installation is made possible through the partnership with the Private Engineering Office.
