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[Digital] Transmissions II

We are glad to announce that [Digital] Transmissions, the artistic development program in its second edition is up and running!
[Digital] Transmissions is an exciting opportunity for artists and creative practitioners in Jordan working across visual arts, performance, sound and music, and public art. Through (JARS) JORDAN ART RESIDENCY & STUDIOS PROGRAM by FACTORY Platform / The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In its second edition this year, the program has selected 12 artists from various artistic disciplines and backgrounds following an open call for applications, offering them the opportunity to take part in a 4-month remote residency to engage and exchange knowledge and develop new art projects under the support and mentorship of a group of professional artists from Jordan and the UK.
* [Digital] Transmissions is commissioned by the British Council Jordan and organized by The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts through the artist Residency Program (JARS) by Factory, in collaboration with FutureEverything (UK) and Metafour Collective in Jordan.

Open call : [Digital] Transmissions]

Are you an artist or a creative practitioner eager to explore, learn and critically investigate the world of new creative digital tools and their impact on art and culture?
Do you have a passion for engaging in creative and conceptual sessions, hands-on mentorship and training with peers and experts, and seizing opportunities to produce and showcase new work at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts?
[Digital] Transmissions] is back in its second edition offering an exciting opportunity for artists and creative practitioners in Jordan working across visual arts, performance, sound and music, and public art. Through (JARS) JORDAN ART RESIDENCY & STUDIOS PROGRAM by FACTORY Platform / The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, this opportunity offers a 4-month remote residency program alongside a group of artist peers from various artistic disciplines and backgrounds to engage and exchange knowledge and develop new art projects.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 18th October (10 PM – Jordan time)
>> Open Call information :
https://bit.ly/Digital_Trasmissions-II-Open-Call

Midan – Dance Performance

Midan – Dance Performance presents exciting and innovative dances performed in a museum setting, at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Building #2 Ground floor).
An improvised dance and music performance will be created live in front of the audience by a group of dancers and musicians facilitated by Ryuji Yamaguchi. In addition, some of Amman’s professional dance artists will perform short original dances, from varying dance backgrounds such as: breakdancing, hip hop, salsa and contemporary dance.
Featured artists: Eleanor Lardner, Kenzy Aldaher, Robyn Noftall and Ziqi Yu. The performance will be followed by a short conversation with the audience, moderated in Arabic, with English translation.
Recommended Entrance fee: 5 JD. (Discounted tickets available upon request. Donations are welcome in support of participating artists).

Endless Peripheral Border- Amman

“Endless Peripheral Border- Amman” is a choreographed chaos that explores the  theme of borders and their impact on our world. Directed by New York’s internationally acclaimed artist, Yoshiko Chuma, and co-directed by Jordan-based Ryuji Yamaguchi, twenty dancers and musicians will create a whirlwind of an experience.
Concept: Yoshiko Chuma
Direction: Yoshiko Chuma and Ryuji Yamaguchi
Produced by Midan-Amman Dance Lab, as part of Factory’s Jordan Art Residency & Studios Program (JARS) at Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Supported by Jordan National Gallery and King’s Academy
Assistant Director: Emran Al-amareen
Music: Saowah Music Group
Performers: Ahmad Jouhar, Anas Qatawe, Cedric Bezin, Elisabeth Carruel, Emran Al-amareen, Ibrahim Alzoubi, Kafa Gazawi,Kenzy Aldaher, Linn Jansson, Lour Madanat, Mahmoud Shraim, Malek Waseem,Manon Dumortier, Maxim Adham, Raad Tabari, Reema Asendar, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Salleh Bellagon, Tala Asendar, Wafa’ Alsangalawi.
Yoshiko Chuma and Ryuji Yamaguchi have created 9 major works in Jordan and Palestine Between 2007 and 2023, their work has involved over 100 Jordanian and Palestinian artists, and has been supported by the Japan Foundation three times, the Mid-Atlantic Fund, and the A.M. Qattan Foundation, allowing 40 Japanese and American artists to travel to the region.
This Event is part of “Midan– Dance Performance”, a monthly event organized and produced by “Midan: Amman Dance Lab” (@midandance), a contemporary dance company in residence at Factory’s Jordan Art Residency & Studios Program (JARS) (@factory_jordan) – The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (@jngfa). As part of the residency, Midan: Amman Dance Lab also offers ongoing programming of dance technique classes, ChoreoLab, and dance/music improvisation jams.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Building 2
Tickets are 8JDs or 4JDs with a valid student ID.

Elements Jam by “Zajal Movement”

Join us in the closing “Elements jam” event of the “Zajal Movement” project!
This event revolves around what is known as the “cypher” – where artists gather to present their expressions, challenge and learn from each other. The Jam will include freestyle dance, beat-box battles, DJing, rap, and graffiti followed by a dialogue between the artists and the audience in order to shed light on topics of interest to the young hip-hop community in Jordan, as well as a tour through the Exhibtion of Zajal Movement that is currently held at the Jordan National Gallery Fine Arts.
Entry fee: 3 JDs in support of the participating artists.
Location: Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Building 1, 3rd floor.
This event is part of “Zajal Movement”, a project co-organized by “Underground Amman” and “the Emerging Art Projects” by Factory – The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.

Midan – Dance Performance

Midan – Dance Performance presents exciting and innovative dances performed in a museum setting, at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Building #2 Ground floor).
An improvised dance and music performance will be created live in front of the audience by a group of dancers and musicians facilitated by Ryuji Yamaguchi. In addition, some of Amman’s professional dance artists will perform short original dances, from varying dance backgrounds such as: breakdancing, hip hop, salsa and contemporary dance.
Featured artists: Kenzy Aldaher, Faris Kassisieh, and Ryuji Yamaguchi, followed by a short conversation with the audience, moderated in Arabic, with English translation.
Recommended Entrance fee: 5 JD. (Discounted tickets available upon request. Donations are welcome in support of participating artists).

Exhibition of Zajal Movement

Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Cordially invites you to
the “Exhibition of Zajal Movement”
An exhibition centered around the local hip hop culture & its expressions at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Bulilding 1
This event is part of “Zajal Movement”, a project co-organized by “Underground Amman” and “the Emerging Art Projects” by Factory – The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.

Digital Transmissions

We are glad to announce that [Digital] Transmissions, the artistic development programme is now underway!

It’s with great excitement that we introduce the talented Jordanian artists taking part in [Digital] Transmissions, the artistic development programme commissioned by the British Council in Jordan in collaboration with FutureEverything and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
• Asiya Alsheshani
• Aya Abu Ghazaleh
• Diana Habashneh
• Dima Mosleh
• Haneen Jaafreh
• Hescham AlKarshan
• Laila Eltaweel
• Lina Q. Asaad
• Lubna Almousa
• Mohammad Shehadeh
• SalahEddin AlQawasmi
• Zaid Abueisa
Over 8 weeks each of our participants will receive expert advice and mentorship, they’ll explore creative tools and how to incorporate them into their practice (such as 3D visuals, AR, video game environments, data, artificial intelligence and machine learning), gaining access to peer networking events, and opportunities to produce new artworks which will be showcased at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts at the end of the programme!
[Digital] Transmissions is an exciting opportunity for artists and creative practitioners based in Jordan working across all art forms to engage with experts, learn new digital skills and create collaborative and individual artworks to exhibit at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
This program is commissioned by the British Council in Jordan in collaboration with FutureEverything (UK) and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.

Midan – Dance Performance

Midan – Dance Performance presents exciting and innovative dances performed in a museum setting, at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Building #2 Ground floor).
An improvised dance and music performance will be created live in front of the audience by a group of dancers and musicians facilitated by Ryuji Yamaguchi. In addition, some of Amman’s professional dance artists will perform short original dances, from varying dance backgrounds such as: breakdancing, hip hop, salsa and contemporary dance.
Featured artists: Lour Madanat, Emran Alamareen, Claire Pritchard. Followed by a short conversation with the audience, moderated in Arabic, with English translation.
Recommended Entrance fee: 5 JD. (Discounted tickets available upon request. Donations are welcome in support of participating artists).

Secret Journey – Sadeem

“Secret Journey — Sadeem” is directed by internationally acclaimed artist Yoshiko Chuma, and co-directed by Jordan-based Ryuji Yamaguchi. Presented as part of Amman Contemporary Dance Festival, the production is a multi-media choreographed chaos that displays the hopes and despair that our world faces today, and features 25 of Amman’s professional dance and music artists.
Sadeem, means haze or mist in Arabic, and the title highlights the multi-layered and the tangible but ephemeral nature of personal stories. The production features a diverse array of musicians and dancers from various socioeconomic classes, and from genres such as breakdancing, contemporary dance, dabke. www.midandance.com/secretjourneysadeem
Tickets are 8JDs, or 5JDs with a valid student ID.
Yoshiko Chuma (Japan/USA) is one of the most unique artists in New York City. A pillar in the post-modern dance scene since 1980s, her company The School of Hard Knocks have created thought-provoking performances in over 40 countries that is neither dance nor theater nor film nor any other predetermined category. Since 2007, The School of Hard Knocks and Midan: Amman Dance Lab have collaborated on 8 major performances in Jordan and Palestine.
“Secret Journey — Sadeem”, which is presented under Amman Contemporary Dance Festival, is also part of the ongoing project: Sadeem.
Sadeem is co-organized and produced by “Midan: Amman Dance Lab” and Factory’s Jordan Art Residency & Studios Program (JARS) – The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, in collaboration with “Underground Amman”.

“Sadeem – Dance Performance”

Sadeem – Dance Performance presents exciting and innovative dances performed in a museum setting, at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Building #2 Ground floor).
An improvised dance and music performance will be created live in front of the audience by Dance & Music Improvisation (DMI) Group, facilitated by Alaeddin Rahmeh and Ryuji Yamaguchi.
In addition, some of Amman’s professional dance artists will perform short original dances, from varying dance backgrounds such as: breakdancing, hip hop, salsa and contemporary dance.
Featured artists: Emran Al-amareen, Salleh Bellagon, Raneem Nahhas, Ryuji Yamaguchi. The performances will be followed by a short conversation with the audience, moderated in Arabic, with English translation.
Recommended Entrance fee: 5 JD. (Discounted tickets available upon request. Donations are welcome in support of participating artists).
Sadeem, means haze or mist in Arabic. The name highlights the multi-layered and the tangible but ephemeral nature of dance. Sadeem – Dance Performance is a monthly event and the centerpiece to the multipart project: Sadeem. Sadeem also features three sub-programs: Dance and Music Improvisation (DMI), ChoreoLab, and Movement Workshop Series.
Sadeem is organized and produced by “Midan: Amman Dance Lab”, in collaboration with “Underground Amman”.
This project is part of Factory’s Jordan Art Residency & Studios Program (JARS) – The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
*In accordance with government regulations, kindly abide by all the sanitary and preventive measures.

“Elements Jam”

Join us for this Hip Hop Jam, coming up Thursday 03.03.2022 from 5 to 8 PM.

Open Call : “Curatorial Projects”

CURATORIAL ART PROJECTS Open Call!
FACTORY through the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts establishes its international open call to support curatorial projects that address contemporary creation and innovation in creative processes, in their conceptual and practical scope, through the realization of exhibitions that center around the National Gallery’s Permanent Collection.
>> Open Call information:
https://bit.ly/Curators-OpenCall-EN
>> Application Template:
http://bit.ly/C-ApplicationTemplateEN
Open Call Deadline: 10 July 20

Sadeem: Dance & Music by “Zajal Movement”

Join us for a dance & music performance inspired by the ebbs and flows of peace and violence in the world, directed by Alaeddin Rahmeh and Ryuji Yamaguchi.
This 15-minute performance is a result of a month-long process of workshops. The performance will be followed by a symposium with the audience to discuss the themes presented.
At the Jordan National Gallery of fine Arts (Building 1 – 3rd floor)
Project Assistant: Mutasem Al-Abweh
Musicians:
Cedric Bezin
Scott Nicholas
Younis Al-magrbi
Dancers:
Angelina Mario Albandak
Muhamad al-asaf
Yasmin shalalda
Laith Anwar Al faouri
Emran Al-amareen
Lour Madanat
Tala Hussein
Mais Abu Jarur

“Elements Jam”

We are glad to invite you to participate in and experience Elements Jam! Jams are a place where we come together to celebrate the culture and five art forms of hip hop: freestyle dance and beat-box battles, as well as showcases of DJing, rap, and graffiti.
The jam centers around a cypher where artists support, challenge and learn from each other in friendly competitions. The audience gets a front row seat to Amman’s best beat box and dance battles as well as showcases of dancing, rap, graffiti and DJ to highlight Jordan’s youth artists.
Program:
– Battles (Top 4 Beatbox, Break dance, and All style)
– Judge Showcases
– Rap showcase
– On site Graffiti art
– & Hip-hop music all evening
Entrance fee: 3 JD for audience in support of the participating art collectives.
At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Building #1 – 3rd floor)

“Curatorial Projects” Open Call

CURATORIAL ART PROJECTS Open Call!

FACTORY through the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts establishes its international open call to support curatorial projects that address contemporary creation and innovation in creative processes, in their conceptual or procedural scope. As well as curatorial projects that take into account Jordanian artists and the National Gallery’s Permanent Collection.

>> Open Call information:
http://bit.ly/C-OpenCall-EN

>> Application Template:
http://bit.ly/C-ApplicationTemplateEN

Open Call Deadline: 31 March 2020.

Factory

“Emerging Art Projects” Open Call

FACTORY through the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts establishes its international open call to support emerging art projects.

Factory/the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts will host projects in the process of development, generated from contemporary creation and innovation. The projects of any discipline will be evaluated individually or collectively, linked to contemporary creation, which present proposals that are in the process of investigation and require an impulse for their development, production and implementation.

Open call deadline is 15 November 2019

>> Open Call information:
bit.ly/EAP-OpenCallEN

>> Application Template:
bit.ly/EAP-ApplicationTemplate-EN

If you can not access the top links, kindly find all the needed information in this link below:
bit.ly/EMERGING-GoogleDrive

Factory

IN/OUT Festival

IN/OUT Jordan Public Art Festival 

“An art, by and for the people, in the common space that is the street.” 

IN/OUT, International public art festival is an initiative from FACTORY for cultural mediation to establish new ways of thinking about the relationship between art, society, public, museums and institutions. This year’s festival includes 33 art projects selected from more than 100 participating projects from Jordan and abroad. All projects are selected by an international scientific committee through an open call from FACTORY by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. The program is implemented with workshops and talks always in search of mediation for the democratization of culture.
All projects come from different backgrounds of art, performance, music, contemporary dance, video art, projections, photography, sculpture, installations and graffiti, all going around social, economic and environmental topics that touch the local community, to be implemented in public areas in Jabal Al Weibdeh and Abdali district to be available to the public throughout the festival period.

In the infinity of small contacts that occur in the street, on the sidewalk, in the pharmacy, in the kiosk, each banal in itself, a sensitivity arises altogether for the “public” character of individuals, a social network of respect and trust. -Jane Jacobs

Due to our believe that a creative society builds bridges and not walls, we seek through the inclusion of workshops and talks, to bring a heterogeneous audience to share, experience and participate in IN/OUT. We are committed to a democratic public art, from and for citizens, in a specific social and spatial environment, in search of dialogue.

 

Participating Artists:

Asem Al Khojah, Alaeddin Pasha, Anas Al Horani, Ahmad Salameh, Amr El Maghraby, Albaitil Ashwai, Areej Huniti, Ayloul, Anastasija Delidova, Blues O’ Bantaloon, Deema Shahin, Drum Jam, doublelucky productions, Eliza Goldox, Elena Monleon (Mau), Jafar Aljabi, Juman Nimri, Juan Pablo (MawaTres), Laila Al Taweel, Lina Salah, Miramar Moh’d, miserable.noise.club, Mike V.Derderian, Mounir Saeed, NiliN, Naif El Zaben, Octave, Paul Wiersbinski, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Reema Shatat, Rania Atef,
Studio 8,Shams Team, Sondos Mahdy, Tito Senna, Yasmeen Sabri, Ziad Hajir Jr.

We’d like to thank our sponsors: 

امانة عمان الكبرى Greater Amman Municipality, Shoman Foundation مؤسسة عبد الحميد شومان, EUNIC Jordan, Embajada de España en Amán / السفارة الأسبانية في عمان, Cairo Amman Bank, Markazia – Toyota Jordan المركزية – تويوتا الأردن, AbuShakra Trading Company, Live Audio Works, SAE Institute – Amman, مكتبة سمير وغسان Samir & Ghassan Stationery Shop, National Paints, Al Jawareh, MH University,

Venue Sponsors:

Boulevard Abdali, Manara Arts & Culture

“In The Margin” Exhibition

You are invited to the inaugural international festival of Factory, a new platform brought to you by The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts that aims to support, activate and promote creative projects

The festival will be under the title “In the Margin”, combining the various fields of contemporary cultural, environmental and social projects and art including dance, music, plastic and visual arts, cinema, architecture, design, literature, comics and graffiti among many more

The inauguration event will be followed by a 7-day program featuring performances, concerts, talks, theatre and workshops, with a collective exhibition by local and international artists.