Dima karout - research residency, 2021
In 2021 we welcomed Dima Karout to the newly renovated D6 studio as our inaugural Sanctuary and Culture (now ASSEMBLE) artist in residence.
Dima's socially engaged art practice centres on knowledge sharing and long-term partnerships, finding creative ways to work with artists, curators and cultural workers and different communities to defend cultural rights in the context of significant global challenges and inequalities related to forced migration and displacement. Through her collaborations, she investigates systems of solidarity to champion innovative learning, creative health, and a diversity of narratives.
Whilst in residence, Dima worked on Memory Lines, a project tracing her international journey through the lens of artistic creations, reflecting on her memories, personal journey, powerful encounters with artworks in different museums and public spaces during her travels to many cities starting in 2005, and the possibilities that art offers in understanding the complexity of personal identity beyond borders.
She investigated the power of art in times of conflict, and her work revealed links and connections that art can weave between people and places, and how cities and the environments we inhabit shape who we are. The results of her research were presented as part of the group exhibition BELGICA: territoires d'impressions at CIVA Museum in Brussels.
Following the residency, Dima has continued to collaborate with D6. Find out more here.
Dima's socially engaged art practice centres on knowledge sharing and long-term partnerships, finding creative ways to work with artists, curators and cultural workers and different communities to defend cultural rights in the context of significant global challenges and inequalities related to forced migration and displacement. Through her collaborations, she investigates systems of solidarity to champion innovative learning, creative health, and a diversity of narratives.
Whilst in residence, Dima worked on Memory Lines, a project tracing her international journey through the lens of artistic creations, reflecting on her memories, personal journey, powerful encounters with artworks in different museums and public spaces during her travels to many cities starting in 2005, and the possibilities that art offers in understanding the complexity of personal identity beyond borders.
She investigated the power of art in times of conflict, and her work revealed links and connections that art can weave between people and places, and how cities and the environments we inhabit shape who we are. The results of her research were presented as part of the group exhibition BELGICA: territoires d'impressions at CIVA Museum in Brussels.
Following the residency, Dima has continued to collaborate with D6. Find out more here.
Image: Research wall in Dima Karout's D6 studio
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Image: Memory Lines Newcastle by Dima Karout
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