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MICHAEL A.
GUIDO, Mayor
Department of Public
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Mary Laundroche,
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Journeys &
Distances
A multi-media art installation
presented by OTHER: Arab Artists Collective Detroit
Dearborn-The Dearborn Community Arts
Council is pleased to announce an art exhibition entitled Journeys & Distances. The
Journeys & Distances is a project of
a talented group of artists belonging to OTHER: Arab Artists Collective Detroit. The artists from OTHER presenting the
installation and exhibiting are Radfan Alqirsh, Mohamad Bazzi, Imad Hassan, Joe
Namy and Lana Rahme; additional exhibiting artists are Hassan Algassid, Adnan
Charara, Christina Dennaoui, Sarah Khazem, Michael Mansour and Jackie Salloum.
This exhibit will be presented as a visually and
thematically unified installation, consisting
of a mural created in situ, digital and traditional media artwork, photography,
video, and an audio soundscape.
Journeys & Distances will address the concept of immigrants in a constant state of journey. Through emigration, displacement, or the search for a better existence, people’s lives become linked to the old and the new. They live in a state of transformation resulting from the hybrid merging of cultures, values and places, physically and emotionally migrating back and forth in search of their identities.
While engaging the public through the arts, the mission of this installation is to explore these distances and define the universally shared psychological, emotional and social experiences of these journeys. Through Journeys & Distances, the viewer will have a rare and wonderful opportunity to view a multi-media installation while witnessing the creation of a mural.
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