Saturday, November 25, 2017

TIME BEYOND PLACE at Corcoran School of Art Washington DC


Wisal
وصال
A symposium on Cross Cultural Collaboration

The Corcoran School of Arts & Design

at George Washington University



TIME BEYOND PLACE by Anne Senstad will be presented as part of the 1 day symposium at Corcoran School of the Arts on December 4th, 10.30  am - 12.00 pm.

Please join us on December 4, 2017 for Wisal - A Symposium on Cross-Cultural Collaboration examining the concept of collaboration and how it has existed in cultural practice both in Saudi Arabia and beyond. 

This one-day symposium will focus on grassroots, national, and transnational collaborations both in the United States and in Saudi Arabia with a concentration on the Bridges Program, an initiative by King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra).

The aim is to discuss different examples of the transformative ways art and creativity can be a catalyst for cross-cultural understanding and to effect meaningful change in communities. It will also act as a platform for future cross-cultural collaborations and act as a catalyst for such work.

Email info@culturunners.com to RSVP by December 1, 2017






DESCRIPTION


Event Description: 
Please join us on December 4, 2017, for 
Wisal - A Symposium on Cross-Cultural 
Collaboration examining the concept of 
collaboration and how it has existed in 
cultural practice both in Saudi Arabia 
and beyond. This one-day symposium 
will focus on grassroots, national, and
 transnational collaborations both in the
 United States and in Saudi Arabia with 
a concentration on the Bridges Program, 
an initiative by King Abdulaziz Center for 
World Culture (Ithra). The aim is to discuss
 different examples of the transformative 
ways art and creativity can be a catalyst for 
cross-cultural understanding and to effect 
meaningful change in communities. It will also
 act as a platform for future cross-cultural 
collaborations and act as a catalyst for such work.
Please RSVP by December 1, 2017
In Brief:
Date: December 4, 2017
Location: Hammer Auditorium
Corcoran School of the Arts and Design
Time: 8.30 AM-5:30 PM, followed by a reception 
Questions? sfaour@gmail.com 

Media Related Inquiries: Amelia Thompson, 

Speakers and Panelist Include: Yusef Alarmed, 
Asad Ali-Jafri, Noor Daham, Basmah 
Fuelemban, Abdulrahman Gazzaz, 
Joseph Kunkel, Ahmed Mater, 
Michael Mogensen, Carmen Montoya, 
David Scanavino, Kate Seelye, Anne Senstad, 
Sanjit Sethi, Allison Smith, Caroline Woolard 

Symposium Schedule
8.30 am - Introduction by Sanjit Sethi, 
Director of the Corcoran School of 
the Arts and Design at the 
George Washington University
Location: Hammer Auditorium
9.30 am - Opening Remarks - Kate Selye, 
Senior Vice President of the Middle East Institute
Location: Hammer Auditorium
10:00 am - Creativity, Collaboration and 
Environment Presentation by Joseph Kunzel, 
William Wilson Corcoran Visiting Professor
 in Community Engagement
Location: Hammer Auditorium

Description: William Wilson Corcoran 
Visiting Professor of Community Engagement 
Joseph Kunzel will present on the 
groundbreaking work he and fellow
 collaborators are pursuing in 
Native American communities that 
address issues around public housing 
and cultural sustainability with implications 
for indigenous communities globally.

10.30 am - Breakout Session #1: Developing
 the  First World
 Location: Room 111

Panelists: Assistant Professor of Sculpture & Spatial 
Practices at the Corcoran Carmen Montoya and 
Asad Ali-Jafri of Ghana Think Tank
Description: This session will focus on two 
projects by the Ghana ThinkTank: the Mobile 
Mosque and American Riad. Presenters will 
share the process which sets up collaborative 
laboratories in so-called “developing countries
” to help solve "first-world problems." The process
 is a way to explore the friction caused by 
solutions that are generated in one context 
and applied elsewhere, while revealing the 
hidden assumptions that govern cross-cultural
 interactions.
Breakout Session #2: Reviving Communities
Location: Room 103
Panelists: Abdulrahman Gazzaz and 
Anne Senstad
Description: A discussion on the interventions 
of artists on local communities and the built
 environment. The panel will discuss two 
collaborative projects by US based artists 
within communities in Saudi Arabia as part 
of Ithra’s “Bridges” Tour. These two projects 
are: "AL BALAD" a socially engaged project by
 Matthew Mazzotta working with Abdulrahman 
Gazzaz and collaborating with the local 
community in the old town of Jeddah, and
 “TIME BEYOND PLACE,” a cross-cultural 
platform developed by New York based 
artist, Anne Senstad, to highlight issues of
 interpretation, preservation, heritage and 
memory in the Asir region of Southwestern Saudi
Arabia. 
12.00 pm - Lunch from Foodhini with a Special
 Presentation by Foodhini Founder Noobstaa Vang
Location: Atrium
1.00 pm - Social Interventions
Location: Hammer Auditorium
Panelist: Yusef Alahmad, Caroline Woolard 
and Michael Mogensen
Description: This panel will explore three
 timely collaborative projects which address 
social and environmental activism and the
 impact that these projects have had on
 local communities.
2.30 pm - Coffee break
Location: Atrium
3.00 pm - Academe 
Location: Hammer Auditorium
Panelists: David Scanavino, Ahmed Mater, 
Basmah Felemban and Nada Farhat 
Description: What role do educational 
institutions play in supporting collaborations
 that exist in a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural
 framework? What challenges do educators face 
within creative communities where there
 still remains a predominate focus on individual
 practice? How do large academic institutions
 create pathways for professors to establish
 relationships to promote cross- cultural 
learning models?
4.30 pm - Transnational Cultural Collaborations
Location: Hammer Auditorium
Description: A conversation with Sanjit Sethi 
and Noor Daham regarding topics discussed 
in the symposium and the future of transnational
 cultural collaborations.
5.30 - 7 pm - Reception

DATE AND TIME

Hammer Auditorium at the Corcoran School 
of the Arts and Design
500 17th Street NW 
Washington, DC 20006