De/Constructed Meaning

The exhibition is a collaboration between the faculty and staff of  Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar and will focus on an installation that acts as a writing device on sand showcasing the evolution of Arabic script interpretations.

Using a programmed coding system, it applies Arabic words through the lens of the deconstruction theory developed by Jacques Derrida. The work interrogates itself and the audience on the post-colonial shifts in the culture that is produced, consumed and exported by residents of the Arab region.

Artists: Giovanni Innella, Hala Amer, Saga Elkabash, and Levi Hammett
Co-curated by Noora Abdulmajeed and Rim Albahrani