Architheatre
Date : 2021
Location : Damascus, Syria
Support: Ettijahat. Independent Culture- Create Syria Program in dialogue with Hanane Haj Ali.
Team: Iyas Shahin | Wesam Al Asali | Abdullah Jamal | Maya Rihawi | Joelle Deeb | Leen Gheibeh | Serene Salam | Rawa Zalkha | Karim Mouty
ArchiTheatre is a cultural platform concerning dialogues with the city that incorporates numerous brief architectural narratives from the city's theater.
Archi-Theatre resembles an unconfined space in which architectural thinking and practice are developed through the tools and methods of its contributors in an attempt to redefine the role of the community and the city as active participants in intellectual and community investment, rather than merely through real estate and materiality.
Archi-Theatre refers to a route of investigation in which we challenge ourselves to perceive the city beyond its stereotypical frames. In it, we seek new methods of documentation and expression at critical and delicate stages of the city and society as a result of the pandemic's impact, economic inflation, and urban transformation schemes.
“Beneath the Bridge” - A Visual Experimentation interpreting the city through contradictory stirs within the viewer a juxtapositional relationship ranging from sympathy to distaste.
Four Meters Above – Leen Gheibeh
A Visual reflection on struggle, captivity, and a blockade away from the city’s news. Through this visual narration, we uncover identical details recited within ourselves.
- Margins by Rawa Al Zalkha
we explore the Backstage of Damascus that oversees what we yearn from the margins of this day as well as this city.
- Fragments by Serene Salam
of "Souk Al Haramiya" – Visual Exploration of the city
- Erosion - Joelle Deeb | Rawa Al Zalka | Iyas Shahin
An Audio-Visual Experiment where the city inquired us to the extent of planning and its precautions.
- Compulsory breaks | Leen Gheibeh
A personal Narration, and a Commentary on the reality of our lives during Blackouts.
Progressive Disorder - Karim Mouty
a glitch in the city
-Traces | Joelle deeb
Exploring and Interpreting Human experiences in the informal Settlements of Damascus.