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Art Practices and Vocabulary
Conference in collaboration with The University of Jordan

8 November 2010 from 10 am – 5 pm
Rum Auditorium, International Institute, University of Jordan

A one-day conference programmed during the opening days of the exhibition project "Sentences on the banks and other activities". The conference, organized in collaboration with the University of Jordan, is a set of presentations and an open debate on the project, as well as art practices and the vocabulay. A group of artists and writers contributing to the exhibition project, as well as scholars from the university, will be discussing the formulation of artworks, and the distance between an artwork and the realization of its object.

Program

09:00 – 10:00 Registration and arrival at Auditorium

10:00 – 10:10 Music piece by the music department of the Faculty of Art and Design, University of Jordan
10:10 – 10:20 Welcome note by Prof. Mahmoud Sadeq, Dean of Faculty of Art and Design, University of Jordan
10:20 – 10:30 A note by Suha Shoman, Founder of Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation

Session I – The Appearance of Artworks (from the exhibition space to the city) moderated by Dr. Faisal Darraj, Cultural Consultant, Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation

10:30 – 10:40 Introduction of the conference program by Ala’ Younis, Artistic Director, Darat al Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation
10:40 – 11:10 “Sentences on the banks and other activities” Exhibition as a project, by Abdellah Karroum, curator
11:10 – 11.40 “The Reception of Art”, by Dr. Faisal Darraj, Cultural Consultant, Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation
11.40 – 12:10 “Propogating Art”, Prof. Khaled Al Hamzah, University of Jordan
12:10 – 13:00 Discussion on exhibition making and sharing art projects

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

Session II – Practices and Discourse (Art Vocabulary and Terms)
moderated by Dr. Mazen Asfour, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, University of Jordan

14:00 – 14:30 “On Arabic Vocabulary…”, May Muzafar, poet and critic
14:30 – 15:00 “Archipelago: Map Project,” Hamdi Attia, artist
15:00 – 15:30 “This work does not mean anything to me: Musings around art and art-discourse”, Samah Hijawi, artist
15:30 – 16:00 Case study of “Novel in the city” (Mones Razzaz’s Novel), Samar Dudin, theater director
16:00 – 17:00 Discussion on the formulation of artworks, and the distance between an artwork and the realization of its object.

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