FOUNDLAND'S BLOG

Foundland is an art and design duo somewhere between East + west

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Join us in Rotterdam this Sunday at 15:00 at ZOHO! 💫 for new Radicalism! Here is more about the festival... Moving away from a traditional top-down hierarchical role of the ‘Curator’, New Radicalism welcomes four (diaspora) curators closely engaged in the main cultural spheres of the MENA Region (Maghreb, Gulf and Levant) to shape the exhibition. With their varied professional backgrounds, by their role as artists, writers and game changers, the curators play an interesting role in the cultural field. With our powers combined we manifest, even if it’s just for four days, a communal creative space where MENA artists and artworks exist respectfully alongside and in relation to each other. Moving to a MENA imaginary that exists beyond man-made borders. (at MONO) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8PE-UcBtJW/?igshid=19km2ugolmkkw

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Join us in Cairo (& Amsterdam) with @nellybenhayounstudios 💧💧 OPEN CALL ANNOUNCEMENT UNIVERSITY OF THE UNDERGROUND RESEARCH BUREAU. AMSTERDAM-CAIRO. The University of the Underground invites you to apply for their first-ever Research Bureau which offers a tuition-free research programme of 3 months in Amsterdam and Cairo. We are looking for young graduates, early-career practitioners and creatives, researcher to join us. TURQUOISE DESERT: The ‘Turquoise Desert’ research group focuses on building connections between the University of the Underground HQ in Amsterdam and Cairo while bringing together multidisciplinary practitioners and early career researchers investigating convivial practices and gatherings involving water. Of interest to the ‘Turquoise Desert’ research group are domesticated environments such as kitchens, urban landmarks involving water such historical water fountains called Sabils and institutions working with water. Water and its political, economic, historical and sociological implications in the building of communities, countercultures and nations is one at the central nerves of this first Research Bureau. We hope to support the development of experiential visions, audio broadcasts, magic or rational rituals making use of water, dance and music, to build convivial spaces to empower countercultures now and in the future. Mentorship by Foundland Collective and Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios. Deadline for all applications: 18th November DEADLINE CLOSES AT 12:00 AM PST FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED ABOUT APPLYING AND WHAT IS REQUIRED, CLICK THIS LINK: http://universityoftheunderground.org/university-of-the-und… Image by @zeinahkhaled and Foundland (at Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4SwjeBB-Rq/?igshid=17xgv1vipr569

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Our growing project 🌱Groundplan Drawings is on show at @ammandesignweek including a new publication, 3D model translations of 3 drawings, and “Mahers Groundplan Drawing” video ✨now translated into Arabic. We are very happy to develop our research on architecture, memory, preservation and archives for this great event, surrounded by so many talents from around the Middle East ♥️ thank you to all our awesome contributors 🙌🏻 #memory #architecture #3dmodel #storytelling #leftbehindhouses #mapping_intimacy Special thanks to @m.mourad @studio_thirtynine @omaremad__ for the 3D drawings. (at Gallery Ras Ain) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3P3icAh_A-/?igshid=1wvxxo2hvuh2l

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On 6th of August at @het_bos cinema Antwerp we are thrilled to present our first curated screening programme 👏 with a ⚡️killer lineup ⚡️ 1. our latest video “Real-time History” 2018 2. Harun Farocki’s “Expression of Hands” 1997 3. Kevin B. Lee & Chloé Galibert-Laîné’s videos from their ongoing series called "Bottled Songs.” All three films explore methods of dialogue about and through media landscapes. Thank you @visite_film_festival , a biannual film festival, by de Imagerie shows unique films, from both promising as of more established names from the documentary, political and experimental film landscape. The makers are always present to show their own work and bring along inspiring films by other filmmakers to enter into a dialogue with the public. Thank you @_buitenlander for this lil video clip @ghaliaelsrakbi @lauren_j_alexander @alsolikelife @lima_media_art (at Het Bos) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ijVKsBwjZ/?igshid=1orjx6jty5e0o

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🥁🥁Our film “Real-time History” 2018 is selected as one of 28 films for the International competition at the @arkipel festival in Jakarta, Indonesia taking place from 19-26 August 2019 ⚡️The theme for the festival is “bromocorah” translated roughly as bushranger, highwayman or clandestine activist, a significant figure in Indonesian history✊🏽 📽#real-timehistory #foundlandfilm #limaamsterdam #arkipelfestival (at Jakarta, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0EVyzNhShO/?igshid=firylzrk0ki3

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Super happy to announce that FL now has 3 videos distributed and preserved by @lima_media_art International platform for sustainable access to media art 🍭🍭🍭recently “Baby Come Home” and “Real-time History” have been added #foreverimmortal #foundlandeverywhere #foundlandcollective Ps. Watch Baby Come Home on vimeo 👀 (at LAB 111) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2Dsd0BwjQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jw1te2he7p0o

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This Wednesday evening join us at @the.hmm taking place at @fanfare_amsterdam in Amsterdam West with 10 short presentations 💥💥from 8pm-10pm 🥂We will give an update bout our latest work, Real-time History #real-timehistory #futurearchives #foundlandcollective (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvcRBihhC6d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8uw8jbk10tst

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Next Wednesday Foundland will be speak at @the.hmm internet culture talk series at @fanfare_amsterdam de Costakade 154, Amsterdam West ✌️#videoarchive #realtimehistory #foundlandcollective #futurearchives (at Stadsdeel West Amsterdam) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPT6XohD7G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2pwf4obp5xyi

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Preparing for “Troubling Dialogues” a one day workshop with students from @hfg_karlsruhe_kd. Using our 2016 video “Baby Come Home” and Olia Lialina’s 1996 internet artwork “My Boyfriend Came Back from the War” as starting point, we are gonna discuss how technology mediates tricky conversations 👄📡📞💾📝🔍 (at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs6B5UyBQMc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r5bbw8awy1ic

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One week ago 🌈 in Cairo at Goethe Institute presenting our archival research and storytelling about 3 powerful Arab American women. Our first bilingual tryout in English and Arabic. On screen is Dr Alixa Naff, founder of the biggest Arab American archive. #tashweeshfestival #foundlandeverywhere #backstage 🎎 (at Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqSymJdhyA8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=117orb09ruzml

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This Saturday, 10 November, our “Wish You Were Here!” lecture performance goes to Cairo! for Tashweesh Arab feminism festival organised by Goethe Institut Kairo at Dokki venue at 7:30pm. ——— Foundland combines text, image, audio fragments and music sourced from the Faris and Yamna Naff collection at the Smithsonian Museum (Washington D.C.). Following their residency period in the world’s largest archive of early migration from the Middle East to the USA, they have developed an ongoing series called, “The New World”, of which “Wish You Were Here!” is an audio-visual lecture that invites history to help us navigate the present. ——— تقوم مجموعة فاوندلاند بالدمج بين نصوص وصور ومقاطع صوتية وموسيقى مصدرها مجموعة فارس ويمنى ناف الموجودة بمتحف سميثسونيان بواشنطن العاصمة. عقب إقامة بحثية قامت بها في أكبر أرشيف في العالم للهجرات الأولى من الشرق الأوسط إلى الولايات المتحدة الامريكية طوّرت فاوندلاند سلسلة مستمرة بعنوان "العالم الجديد" ومن ضمنها "ليتك موجود هنا!" وهي محاضرة مسموعة ومرئية تلجأ للتاريخ ليساعدنا في تصفح الحاضر. ——- about TASHWEESH: https://bit.ly/2Q6yj7J (at Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp0GaGZBkSr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5y4vngawuhgh

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Last Fridays lecture performance “Wish you were here!”🌈 at Tashweesh Festival in Brussels, (Feminist voices from the Middle East) big thanks to @helenakritis from @beursschouwburg for your ongoing support @lorainefurter, #ericschrijver and @mimihai for photos and good vibes ❤️ (at Brussels, Belgium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpUl5piCp7p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=svr7c9hx6dl3

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"Real-Time History" new publication limited edition for @impaktfestival ⚡️an ongoing research which analyses video evidence, frame by frame - three videos and various narratives connected to one particular chemical weapon attack. #foundlandcollective #post-truth #publication (at Impakt) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSIHF3is_W/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ob3s4fmoqazv

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Our newest video “Real-time History” and publication will be shown at @impaktfestival exhibition opening coming Wednesday in Utrecht... please join us there at 5pm! 🎉 #post-truth #foundlandcollective #realtimehistory (at Utrecht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPjLa5CclA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f9oqjpifwrn7

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“The New World, Episode One” is travelling to South Korea next month, as finalist in the Glocal competition for the Seoul Int New Media Festival @official_nemaf #thenewworld from Brooklyn to Seoul 🔄 (at Seoul, Korea)

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Panel discussion mode 🐙 with friends feom#gcc @nonworldwide and @dommodylimanka at @muzeumsztuki

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Based on Timothy Snyders, 20 lessons from the Twentieth Century, we made t-shirts! Let us know your fave lesson 👆🏼👀. #timsnyder is a history professor at Yale, who reminds us what we need to use from history to protect us from future tyranny🔪⛓#foundlandeverywhere #historyleaks #tshirt #rules #history #lessons (at Łódź, Poland)