Desert Cast - Towards an Identity

- Sunday 4 April, 2021 09:00PM

VENUE

1971 Design Space, The Flag Island

Desert Cast borrows the profiles used for extruded gypsum cornices and friezes, morphing them by overlapping the designs with two other locally embellished processes, sand-casting and foam-cutting. Synthesising local craft and design technology establishes a new Kuwaiti identity that is rooted in its migrant history, yet embraces its contemporary image. The series highlights the accessibility to master craftsmanship, typically used in a narrow practice, with limited perceived value, and presents new possibilities.

This exhibition presents some of the original pieces of the series which showed at Abwab during Dubai Design Week 2018 at the Kuwait City Pavilion, the developed pieces commissioned by 1971 – Design Space and a visual story of the process.

The trio invited the UAE-based designer Talin Hazbar to express her interpretation of Desert Cast by investigating the architecture of the United Arab Emirates through her research. The results are showcased through public installations within the Emirate of Sharjah at the Flag Island, Al Dhaid Flag Square and Khorfakkan Flag Square. The public installations titled “Extractions” refer to the extractions of patterns on the façades of excessively designed buildings that surround us.

Furthermore, the series “XLVI” by the Desert Cast Team is on view at Al Badayer Retreat, Al Madam.

For the locations, kindly click below:

Desert Cast – Towards an Identity

“Extractions” – The Flag Island

“Extractions” – Al Dhaid Flag Square (TBA)

“Extractions” – Khorfakkan Flag Square (on preview starting 4 p.m Saturday, 14 November 2020)

“XLVI” Series – Al Badayer Retreat

The exhibition is supported by Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority.