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    Irene Barberis

    Crossing the Line: Drawing in the Middle East 2
    International Conference and exhibition program Global Centre for Drawing, American University in Dubai.

    2014

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    Crossing the Line2 : Drawing in the Middle East, -  ‘location’


    Tracing the Lineage: Deconstructing the title – "Crossing the Line: Drawing in the Middle East”
    Crossing the Line : What actually does this mean?
    Various dictionaries say that ‘Crossing the Line ’or ‘to cross a line’ ‘is to go too far, step over the line …move into uncharted territories, cross from one location to another, or more literally physically ‘to cross a line’.
    The force in the meaning propels us to think of something in a negative sense – you have ‘crossed the line’! or in a more positive sense – we are crossing the line – moving forward…we WILL go into uncharted territories….”
    As artists, designers, scientists, in fact in any creative domain - we desire or aspire to/cross the line or ‘a line’ – to go further, think deeper, wider more incisively…to push against the boundaries and enlarge our understandings, locations, our knowledge, and experience as human beings.
    Drawing in the Middle East – Here is a twofold expression, a double entendre – it is either – ‘Drawing in the Middle East’ – a pulling inwards toward a centre or point – or a geographical location of ‘Drawing in the Middle East ‘– the title was meant to do both – a call for attention through dialogue – in this case through the visual language of drawing throughout the Middle East – and it is also a ‘count’, a type of audit of ‘drawing’ that is happening in the Middle East now – a gathering of artists, ideas, perceptions and projections.

    Dr. Irene Barberis

    Crossing the Line 2: Drawing in the Middle East - intersections of transdisciplinary practice and understanding brings together specialists from various fields of research and practices to examine the role of drawing in the contemporary Middle East and its wider international interactions. 

    Hosted by the Department of Visual Communication, in the School of Architecture, Art & Design at the American University in Dubai, and partners with the Global Centre for Drawing, Melbourne Australia.

    Links:

    Crossing the Line Conference 2 Blogspot
    'Crossing the Line 2: Drawing in the Middle East' - Studio International

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    Irene Barberis in Dubai
    Irene Barberis in Dubai
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    Valerie Hird. Maiden Voyages Project, 2009. Excerpt from Iranian Diary (top row – October 2009, bottom row – July 2009). Graphite, watercolour, asphaltum, ink, coloured pencil. Top row: 18.5 (H) x 31.5 (W) cm. Bottom row: 18.5 (H) x 42 (W) cm.
    Reni Gower. Papercuts: White/cobalt, 2013. Acrylic on hand cut paper, 206 cm x 142 cm. Photograph: Reni Gower.
    Irene Barberis. Location: 'then I heard behind me a great voice...', drawn 2012, installation 2014 (detail). Four strands of handwritten silicone texts, 1.3 m x variable widths.
    Carole Robb. On Location, Rome, 2014. Pencil on paper, 27 x 20 cm.
    GEOMETRIC ALJAMIA:
    A CULTURAL TRANSLITERATION

    a group exhibition featuring works by Julia Townsend
    and artists from the US, Canada, and Afghanistan
    Janet McKenzie
    Sanctuary 1984 Edition of 30
    Drypoint
    14 x 17 cm
    Saba Qizilbash
    Saba Qizilbash
    Stefan Messam
    Stefan Messam
    Valerie Hird
    Valerie Hird
    Jorge Benitez
    Jorge Benitez
    Graça Magalhães
    Graça Magalhães
    Hendrik Wahl
    Hendrik Wahl
    Venantius Pinto
    Venantius Pinto
    Miriam Sturdee
    Miriam Sturdee
    Joe Graham
    Joe Graham
    Keith Webb
    Keith Webb
    Juan Roldan Martin
    Juan Roldan Martin
    Brian Dougan
    Brian Dougan
    Jan Hogan
    Jan Hogan
    Bod Dahm
    Bod Dahm
    Geometric Aljamia - Reni Gower, Jorg
    Geometric Aljamia - Reni Gower, Jorg
    students of the Visual Communication Department, AUD,
    getting ready for Crossing the Line 2 Conference, photo by Julia Townsend
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