OPEN CALL

Calling children and young explorers! Take part in creating artist Ahaad Alamoudi’s new commissioned, to be featured at Hayy Jameel this May. This exciting participatory opportunity will be filmed, taking form in a collaborative workshop that explores collective play and imagination, the outcome of which will culminate with a video installation as part of an exhibition.

Eligibility:
Children ages 8-13
Parents will be expected to sign a waiver to allow filming the children
Limited spots, apply now!

PROGRAMME

Day 1: Ways of Moving 

February 29 from 5 to 8pm

Location: Hayy Jameel

Get to know the artist and connect with the other participating children through games, performances and guided discussions.

Day 2: Moving Mountains

 March 2 from 2 to 6pm

Location: offsite (details to be shared)

Join the artist in a desert excursion and learn to build and move mountains collectively through playing the parachute game. This process will be filmed and featured in the final artwork. Participants will leave with a piece of the parachute mountain, signed by the artist to commemorate this experience.

Lunch will be provided. Travel arrangements to and from location will be shared with confirmed participants.

ABOUT THE COMMISSIONED ARTWORK 

“Time has its rattle and upheaval… It can shake mountains even if they’re anchored”

– Khlaed Faisal

The term “to move mountains” is an act that is always romanticized. To do something that seems impossible, particularly when love or a certain belief makes you feel determined to succeed and to achieve it. Many throughout this era are expected to move mountains, to create change; to push beyond the boundaries and build new futures.

The work moving mountains encapsulates this time. A time of change and collective action.

The work forces you to question your role within this process of transition and how your actions today will affect generations to come.

What mountains are you moving to get where you want to be?