Ala Younis
Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence, curated nomadic museum collection project. Produced by MinRASY Projects. Collection includes works by: Kamel Abu Yahya, Mohamed Abusal, May Batt, Pieke Bergmans, Bilal Chrif, Cevdet Erek, Bruno Fantoni, Mohssin Harraki, Ziad Hilal, Raed Ibrahim, Hakim Jamain, Rebecca Joselyn, Katharine Morling, Paul Rioblotti, Amin Tbakhi, George Vlosich, Khadijeh Yosef and Nabeel Younis. Premiere at the Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait. (22.5 - 11.6.2012)
The Crowd Behind Us exhibition and video program curated for Image Festival 2, organized by Insitut Français, Amman. Artists: Jonathas de Andrade, Vartan Avakian, Neil Beloufa, Mohammadreza Farzad, Ahmad Ghossein, Maha Maamoun, Firas Taybeh, Charlotte Moth, Marie Voignier, as well as photographs from the collection of the Arab Image Foundation. (11-25.3.2012)
A Manual for Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Times, text for ArtAsiaPacific, The Point, March/April 2012
Momentarily Learning from Mega-Events exhibition project curated for Makan, Amman. Artists: Banu Cennetoglu, Mohssin Harraki, Maha Maamoun, Evariste Richer, and General Idea. (4.12.2011 - 4.1.2012)
Metro in Gaza, exhibition by Mohamad Abusal, French Culutral Center, Gaza. (12.12.2011 - 12.1.2012)
Everything is alright, Officer! film program curated for Independent Arab Film - Arab Shorts 3, Goethe Institut, Cairo (29.10.2011).
Filmmakers: Maher Abi Samra, Neil Beloufa, Mohssin Harraki, Mohammed Hawajri, Kasem Kharsa, Maha Maamoun, Rabih Mroue, and Firas Taybeh.
Outre mesure et programmes radio (Maps, timelines, radio programmes) , exhibition curated for La Galerie, Noisy Le Sec, Paris (28.5 - 23.7.2011)
Artists: Tarek Atoui, Cevdet Erek, Mohssin Harraki, Maha Maamoun, Ossama Mohammed, Otobong Nkanga, and Hassan Soliman.
Dessin flèche vers la droite, group exhibition of student work, L’École supérieure des beaux-arts de Tours (13.5 - 20.5.2011). Artists: Slim Cheltout, Aude Coulaud, Perrine Delorme-Rivory, Laurent Galy, Manon Quétard, Marine Cerf Cinq, Aude Jacquet, Carole Juingne, Adrien Piard, and Flore Warck.
Out of Place, exhibition co-curated with Kasia Redzisz, in dialogue with Tanya Barson, for the Tate Modern and Darat al Funun collaboration project. At the Level 2 Gallery at Tate Modern, London (10.2 - 17.4.2011), and at Darat al Funun, Amman (7.6 - 29.9.2011) Artists: Cevdet Erek, Ion Grigorescu, Hrair Sarkissian, and Ahlam Shibli.
To Know the Arab Terrain: movements to, from and within, curated film program for the Independent Arab Film - Arab Shorts 2, Goethe Institut, Cairo (4.12.2010), and also screened at transmediale 11, Berlin (3.2.2011).
Filmmakers: Adel Abidin, Jananne Al Ani, Ziad Antar, Mohssin Harraki, Fadma Kaddouri, Ossama Mohammed, Wael Shawky, and Mufid Younis.
My Beloved Homeland, Jordanian film program curated for Independent Arab Film - Arab Shorts, Goethe Institut, Cairo, 2009
Filmmakers: Mohammad Alloh, Eyad Hamam, Abdallah Kawash, Sandra Madi, Firas Taybeh, and Oraib Toukan.
in progress
TinSoldiers
Publication project. Text and image portraits of contemporary Middle Eastern soldiers, and the virtual and alternative spaces where they practice militarism. A research-based collaborative project attempts to redeem psychological, social, and interpretational military upbringing.
Plan for Greater Baghdad
Research project on international 'modern' architects invited to design utopian future Arab cities. starting with Baghdad in the 50s.
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