Tour

El Harf Tour

Hussein Alazaat
Venue
Downtown Amman
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
8, 10 October 2017
Time
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Join graphic designer Hussein Alazaat to learn about how calligraphy and sign making form an integral part of Amman’s visual culture.
Exhibition
Independent Space

“Woven” - The Art of Traditional Weavings in Jordan

Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
Venue
Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
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This exhibition and workshop, in collaboration with Jordan Craft Center ALAYDI, will give adults and children the opportunity to view and participate in the different techniques of Bedouin weaving and textile finishings.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Yarns

Yarns
Venue
Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
A group of women from Petra who work at the floor looms will show visitors how recycled yarn is used.
Exhibition
Independent Space

The Garden

Naqsh Collective: Nisreen and Nirmeen Abu Dail
Venue
Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
Palm Tree (Nakhleh), Love Tree (Shajaret Hubb), Cypress Trees (Saru) are not only the names of motives of Palestinian embroidery, but also Nisreen and Nermeen’s stems of inspiration for this year's new collection.
Independent Space
Workshop
Venue
Mixed Dimensions
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
8, 11 October 2017
Time
-
This workshop is an introduction to the basics of Blender, an open source computer graphics software used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D modeling, video games and much more.
Independent Space
Workshop

3D Printing 101

Mixed Dimensions
Venue
Mixed Dimensions
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
9 - 10 October 2017
Time
-
The workshop provides an introduction to 3D Printing and its technologies and where and how this technology is used on a global scale.
Exhibition
Independent Space
Venue
Turbo
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
Visit Turbo to see a matchbox pyramid installation designed by Saeed Abu Jaber and Mothanna Hussein.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Sounds of Design

Basel Naouri
Venue
Duke's Design Center
Location
Downtown Amman
Date
6 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
Sounds of Design is a sound exhibition that highlights the processes of creation across a number of design fields. An immersive space with a carefully designed speaker system takes visitors on a journey through the sounds of materials, machines, human interactions, and other components that go into the creation of a design product, whether an item of furniture, piece of clothing, or an aesthetically pleasing dish.
Independent Space
Workshop

Puzzle Painting

Love on a Bike
Venue
Love on a Bike
Location
Wadi Saqra
Date
7 - 12, 14 October 2017
Visit ‘Love on a Bike’ to participate in solving a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle of one of Rima Malallah’s paintings. After a week of communal puzzle solving, a time-lapse video of the group effort will be created and shared online.
Exhibition
Independent Space

Relics

KARIM Gallery
Venue
KARIM Gallery
Location
Wadi Saqra
Date
7 - 14 October 2017
Time
-
The exhibition presents a number of mixed media works that depict what the artist regards as precious instruments of manipulation control and systematic permeation of culture. This is revealed through a simple process of importation and exportation – an almost transfusion of sorts that conceals larger or perhaps more ominous aspects than what actually meets the eye.
Independent Space
Workshop

3D Printing 101

Mixed Dimensions
Venue
Mixed Dimensions
Location
Um Uthaina
Date
12 October 2017
Time
-
The workshop provides an introduction to 3D Printing and its technologies and where and how this technology is used on a global scale.