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The ‘Ark Re-Imagined’
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The ‘Ark Re-Imagined’ is an art project that envisions a Mesopotamian ark based on Iraq’s ancient boat types and vernacular architectural forms. Through exploring and documenting what remains of traditional boatbuilding techniques and related crafts in today’s
Iraq, the project breaks new ground in the study of Mesopotamian maritime heritage. Engaging at the intersection between art, cultural heritage, ecology and development, the project’s ‘expeditionary art’ approach seeks tangible means to reconnect with the land and rivers
through a palette of making techniques and aesthetic forms that have persisted in the region for many millennia. It holds global relevance through its imaginal engagement with the present situation of systemic crisis and potential transformation, drawing parallels between the current climate
emergency and that of the Great Flood, and asking what kinds of knowledge, resources and practices an ark for our times needs to preserve.
Title: The ‘Ark Re-Imagined’
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The ‘Ark Re-Imagined’ is an art project that envisions a Mesopotamian ark based on Iraq’s ancient boat types and vernacular architectural forms.
Through exploring and documenting what remains of traditional boatbuilding techniques and related crafts in today’s
Iraq, the project breaks new ground in the study of Mesopotamian maritime heritage.
Engaging at the intersection between art, cultural heritage, ecology and development, the project’s ‘expeditionary art’ approach seeks tangible means to reconnect with the land and rivers
through a palette of making techniques and aesthetic forms that have persisted in the region for many millennia.
It holds global relevance through its imaginal engagement with the present situation of systemic crisis and potential transformation, drawing parallels between the current climate
emergency and that of the Great Flood, and asking what kinds of knowledge, resources and practices an ark for our times needs to preserve.
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