Disarming Design
Siwar Kraitem+
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Siwar Kraytem and Rasha Dakkak—Language Cafe
Kunstkapel (DD)
Pr. Irenestraat 19
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Get directionsSat 11.06.2022
11:30am — 0:15pm
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Siwar Kraytem and Rasha Dakkak—Language Cafe
Kunstkapel (DD)
Pr. Irenestraat 19
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Get directionsSat 11.06.2022
1:30pm — 2:30pm
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Siwar Kraytem and Rasha Dakkak—Language Cafe
Kunstkapel (DD)
Pr. Irenestraat 19
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Get directionsSat 11.06.2022
4pm — 4:45pm
Siwar Kraitem is a multi-lingual designer and organizer based between Beirut and Amsterdam. Her practice began in graphic design, and has moved towards a research-based and self-directed design practice where she questions ‘language’ and multilingualism in times of transformation. She recently co-founded the language café, a discussion and installation forum for language, semantics, and translation.
‘Living with multi-tongues’ is a work that speaks to our multilingualisms and the complexity of roles different languages play in our lives. At times an oppressor, at others witness, haunter, or impolite, these roles often shift and transform, occupying different spaces, meanings and relevances. In a series of letters addressed to the languages that have so far been part of her journey, she attempts to resolve and understand the relationships she has with each, reflecting on proximities, and forming new insights and connections. Participants are invited to engage with the letters in a playground-like space where each letter is experienced differently, through both space and sound.