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Between East & West : a gulf / curators: Hamed Bukhamseen, Ali Karimi ; commissioned by the National Council for Culture, Art, and Letters - State of Kuwait.

Title
Between East & West : a gulf / curators: Hamed Bukhamseen, Ali Karimi ; commissioned by the National Council for Culture, Art, and Letters - State of Kuwait.
Publication
  • New York : Actar D, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Bukhamseen, Hamed,
  • International Architectural Exhibition (15th : 2016 : Venice, Italy)
  • Karīmī, ʻAlī,
  • Majlis al-Waṭanī lil-Thaqāfah wa-al-Funūn wa-al-Ādāb (Kuwait), issuing body.
Description
240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 27 cm
Summary
'Between East and West: A Gulf' looks towards the contested hydrography of the Arabian/Persian Gulf and proposes a new masterplan for the region. In an area of physical, religious, and political division, the publication tells the story of the Gulf's islands and the possibilities they hold for a joint territorial project. Hundreds of islands dot the waters between the Arabian and Persian shores. An afterthought in the political maneuverings of their respective coasts, tell an alternative narrative to the one which drives conceptions of the region. They represent a possibility greater than spaces of political contestation and hesitant demarcation. These islands are the sites of identity in formation, places of experimentation and architectural invention. Their historical roles were as varied as places of leisure, spirituality, planning, war, exile, and health.
Subject
  • Arabian Peninsula > Antiquities > Exhibitions
  • Arabian Peninsula > History > Exhibitions
  • Arabian Peninsula > Politics and government > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Architecture > Arabian Peninsula > History > Exhibitions
  • Architecture > Persian Gulf Region > History > Exhibitions
  • Islamic architecture > Exhibitions
  • Persian Gulf States > Antiquities > Exhibitions
  • Persian Gulf States > History > Exhibitions
  • Persian Gulf States > Politics and government > 21st century > Exhibitions
Note
  • This publication was commissioned by the National Council for Culture, Art, and Letters (NCCAL), for the Kuwait Pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • In English and Arabic.
ISBN
  • 1945150785
  • 9781945150784
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries