Administrator
August 18th, 2010
makan's news

Finally! Celebrating Makan's seventh birthday!
The Balcony, an Idea in a Void

 

 

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Administrator
August 11th, 2010

Shatana Hill is a residency by artists Olivia Plender, Ahmed El Sayed, Romeo Gongora and Anna Korteweg, who returned to Jordan for a residency in Shatana village. Their return was a result of their first experience in the village through Shatana International Artists Workshop in 2009.      

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Administrator
August 2nd, 2010
makan's news

Makan team would like to share its most recent news with you: Ola Khalidi is going to continue her studies in curatorial practice at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco starting August 2010.

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samah
April 19th, 2010
Residency

Well, its actually been a month in Holland to-date.

I am in a quiet city in the north of the Nethrlands, in Hoorn! Yes I agree, a strange name that insinuates different things.

None-the-less, Hotel MariaKapel HMK is the art space hosting me for 2.5 months to focus on the my research and actaully, this place it the perfect space for concentration.

My adventures to date of coarse included bicycles, which are so much fun, as long as you don't fall off in the middle of a busy tourist area straight on your butt!

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Administrator
April 1st, 2010
residents

In 2008, UK artists Ben White and Eileen Simpson came to Makan and in collaboration with Gasworks, London, spent an artist residency program. During their residency they investigated music archival material as they are interested in open source material and the economic-political dimensions of copy rights. During their research, they happen to find and become interested in the film Struggle in Jerash, famous for possibly being the firts eveny "Jordanian" film. The film and their intervention will be exhibited in Gasworks on April 15th.

 

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samah
March 27th, 2010

Conversations around citizenship and the relationship between the inhabitants of Amman to their city has been a topic dwelled on many times in the past years. Ideas and theories related to the city and the public space in light of urban development / regeneration, gentrification, regional and social politics are all heavily discussed, raising questions about citizenship and ultimately reflecting on how people identify with and develop a sense of ownership to their city.

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Administrator
March 21st, 2010
Press Releases

Amman, March 10th 2010

 

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Administrator
March 15th, 2010
articles

  

 

An Awakening Dream

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Diala
February 27th, 2010
design website

On behalf of Makan's team, Diala Khasawnih attended and received the silver award for the Art and Design category in the Jordan web awards ceremony. Makan wishes to share the excitement and joy with Synatx and Spring who are responsible for our beautiful virtual space - they also won 2 other silver and 7 gold awards, we tell you: they are good.

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Administrator
February 17th, 2010

The new year arrived with two artists in residence, Saba Innab and Tom Bogaert
( stay tuned to there latest news )

Ola and Diala are back from their voyage exploring Latin America and the Pacific Islands, their activities are documented in previous blogs, today, alongside Samah, the team is developing a new structure in Makan and embarking on new adventures. Furthermore, our team is expecting a new member to join soon: Ahmad Ameen – hello Ahmad.

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