{"uid":"Xvjxo6VLteH8RMHG","type":"artist","tags":["instalation"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"PLAN FOR GREATER BAGHDAD","summary":"Plan for Greater Baghdad (2015) was activated by images taken by architect Rifat Chadirji in 1982 of a Gymnasium in Baghdad that was designed by Le Corbusier and named after Saddam Hussein. The Gymnasium metamorphosed through numerous iterations of plans over 25 years before it was inaugurated in 1980. Heavily based on archives, found material, and the stories of its protagonists; PFGB looks into protecting monuments for posterity, and into performing plans for Baghdad as an expression of power or as a necessity. Missing from the representations and citations contained in established archives, the images that document the performances of design, power, and designing power are pieced together from fragments of other images and from records of gestures retrieved from representations and narratives by local artists.\u2028 Interventions into existing documents culled from various archives produce a dual-layered timeline that pits developments in the Gymnasium story against those in Baghdad.\u2028\n\nA second iteration of the project, Plan (fem.) for Greater Baghdad (2018), places the  contributions made by female artists, architects and other influential characters in the same history. The work rearticulates archival material to bring about new narratives that see beyond the male dominance of architecture, politics, and grand narratives.","space":"Please note that first and\/or second iterations of the project can be shown. \n\nIn case of showing one iteration of the project:\nContinuous wall or two adjacent walls, total width 7 m PLUS display table 85 W x 185 L x 90 H cm\n\nIn case of showing both iterations of the project:\nTwo continuous walls (or two adjacent walls per project, total width for each project 7 meters) PLUS two display tables, each 85 W x 185 L x 90 H cm.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":2,"names":"Ala","surname":"Younis","email":"alayounis@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"P178856","address":"POBox 141005","city":"Amman","nacionality":"Jordan","country_id":"116","birthdate":"1974-12-29T22:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1974-12-29T22:00:00.000Z","telephone":"00962796699222","web":"alayounis.art"}