Art Exhibit: MANAR MOURSI – the loudspeaker and the tower

COLLEGE ART GALLERY 2

Using the mosque as its starting point, The Loudspeaker and the Tower examines the apparatus of the minaret as a vertical symbol of power and as a horizontal multiplier of official and unsanctioned narratives.  Moursi’s installation revolves around a set of associated characters – residents of once agricultural lands, mosque custodians, imams, architects, artists, and a parrot – to further understand the radical complexities of these structures.

Manar Moursi is an architect and artist.  A graduate of the University of Virginia, Moursi also holds a dual Masters degree in Architecture and Urban Policy from Princeton University.  In 2011 she founded Studio Meem, an interdisciplinary research studio.

Co-curated by Emily Fitzpatrick and Toleen Touq.  Exhibition essay by Nadia Kurd.  Co-presented with Trinity Square Video and SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre).

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