Performance Co/Lab
24 September 2023
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.
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Colorful Leaps with Early Starters
14 October 2023
16:30 - 18:00
Colorful Leaps is back! Join us for an exciting adventure where we learn about the stories of UAE-based artists.
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Jamming Session: Sudanese Flavors with Sarrah & Amat
14 October 2023
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Jamming Sessions: Homecooking Series is a series of workshops led by UAE’s home chefs! Join us as family duos teach participants their traditional recipes as handed down through their relatives. Each session will be accompanied by a playlist that sets the scene of a home kitchen.
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Asma Belhamar: Solid Void
22 October 2023 - 31 December 2023
In this new solo exhibition, artist Asma Belhamar presents a large-scale sculptural installation inspired by the UAE’s architectural history. The structure captures the tensions between shifting natural geographies and dynamic urban environments, resulting in a sensitive technical approach to the fusion of form. The work is footnoted by the artist’s reflections on a culture and national identity in flux.
Belhamar is a participant in the 2023 cycle of the 421 Artistic Development Program. The program is organized in partnership with pedagogical partner Institute for Emerging Art.
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Nine Nodes of Non-Being
22 October 2023 - 31 December 2023
Nine Nodes of Non-Being is a group exhibition presenting works by nine emerging and established artists, thinkers, filmmakers, and researchers from East, South, Southeast Asia, the MENA region and South America. It conceives of climate-related extinction through various states of negation and excess emerging from each of the nine artistic nodes to examine ways of existing more equitably within our ongoing crises.
Nine Nodes of Non-Being is curated by Ritika Biswas and emerged from a year-long journey as part of the 421 Curatorial Development Exhibition Program in collaboration with The Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR).
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Jamming Session: Ice Cream Alchemy with Anant & Rihab
28 October 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
‘Jamming Sessions’ is a workshop series led by UAE’s home chefs. Each session features a duo who teach participants their traditional recipes as handed down through their relatives. The sessions are accompanied by a playlist that sets the scene of a home kitchen.
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Performance Co/Lab
29 October 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.
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Film Festival Weekend with Cinema Akil
3 November 2023 - 5 November 2023
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Join us for a weekend celebrating regional films that explore the climate crisis. This expansive program includes film screenings, talks, workshops, activations, and family-friendly screenings too.
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Cli-Fi Short Films: Crafting your own Climatic Reality
3 November 2023
4:00 PM - 6:45 PM
Join us for a workshop guided by Greener Screens instructors, Bassam Alassad and Abeer Bayazidi.
Let your creative juices flow as you're invited to develop your own cli-fi masterpiece, created only with your trusty smartphone and the environment around you.
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Culture Bus: Dubai Design Week & Downtown Design
11 November 2023
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Our Culture Bus trips are back!
We are ready to take you to the Ninth Edition of Dubai Design Week.
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Foraging the Mina with Shereen Saif
11 November 2023
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Join performance artist Shereen Saif on a public walk and performance that explores Mina Zayed’s biodiverse ecosystem.
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Culture Bus: Sharjah Architecture Triennial
12 November 2023
12:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The 421 Culture Bus is back and we are ready to take you on a guided journey through Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023!
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Designers’ Soirée: Autumn Hues
19 November 2023
6 PM - 9 PM
Join us at 421’s first-ever Designers’ Soiree!
Designer and curator Ghassan Salameh will be leading this event, which is dedicated to designers working across various disciplines to learn from each other and connect over food, music and art.
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Culture Bus: Al Qattara Neighborhood
19 November 2023
12 PM - 8:30 PM
The 421 Culture Bus is back and we are ready to take you to Al Ain on a guided journey through Al Qattara neighborhood just in time for The Traditional Handicrafts Festival!
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Culture Bus: Down to Earth & Focal Point
26 November 2023
12:00 PM - 8:45 PM
The 421 Culture Bus is back and we are ready to take you on a guided journey to Art Jameel for ‘Down to Earth’, UAE’s annual festival celebrating all things green.
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Fragments of Mina: An Assemblage Workshop
10 December 2023
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us as we breathe new life into found objects at the Mina!
This two-phase workshop first explores the urban spaces of Mina Zayed through guided walks that talk about preserving the area around us while collecting found objects. It then takes you back to the drawing board to create mixed media artworks.
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Performance Co/Lab
17 December 2023
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Performance Co/Lab is an open invitation to all performing artists, creatives, and curious individuals looking to explore movement practices. Through a sustained program, participants will explore performance exercises such as contact improvisation, breath work, acting warm-ups, games, and techniques.
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