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Attending the Khamseen Symposium
Forming Ideas is a development programme for curators who want to work on challenging craft projects. In offering a Degrees unedited contributor to attend their recent Khamseem Symposium in South Kensington (8 - 9 July), blogger and recent graduate Caryll Jack Dawber made her appearance to produce a review of the conference, adding to a-n's growing 'unedited' user-generative content. The symposium focused on how art and craft practice in Cairo impacts on society through the work of contemporary practitioners and innovative art projects. Khamseen (a dry, hot and dusty local wind blowing in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula) confronted how society can nurture traditional skills whilst remaining open to innovation and explore how in Cairo today the recognition of the value of traditional skills is in resurgence and is playing a pivotal part in the regeneration of artistic practice across the Middle East. Chaired by Janis Jefferies, Khamseen brought together leading artists and professionals to discuss the context for change and how it might relate to contemporary practice here in the UK. Speakers included Dr Amr Abdel Kawi - editor of Magaz design magazine,...
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