27.09.2021
UAE
Expo 2020 Dubai presents the public art project Hammour House
The Expo 2020 exhibition in Dubai on Thursday presented public art project called "Hammour House" at a preview, which was attended by Sheikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence of the UAE and the Commissioner General of the event.
Hammour House will bring together fishermen, scientists, artists, schoolchildren and a number of institutions to demonstrate a selection of various installations.
Sheikh Al-Nahyan said at the event: "Hammour House embodies the theme of Expo 2020 "Uniting Minds, creating the future", which combines creativity and engagement and aims to unite the entire community to raise awareness and ensure action to solve our biggest problems from the point of view of art."
It is also expected that the art project will study the coral reefs of the UAE and their inhabitants, in particular the sea bass with orange spots, known locally as hammour.
During the long-awaited six-month event, which will begin on 1st of October, within the framework of the project, a tapestry depicting marine life created by schoolchildren using natural paints will be demonstrated. It will also feature a hammerhead fish, a sculpture made from virtually invisible fishing nets that have been lost or thrown into the sea. This is the work of Australian artist Sue Ryan.
It is said that the program includes daily knitting classes, master classes led by artists from the UAE and musical evenings.
Visitors will have the opportunity to get acquainted with coral reef sculptures made from recycled materials, which will be presented at the Expo-2020 exhibition.
According to the statement, one of the inspirations of the idea of Hammour House is the story of "The Thousand and One Nights "about" The Fisherman Abdullah " and “Abdulla the Merman”, where a fisherman makes friends with a merman and learns about underwater life. Later, he begins to understand that fish is not only a source of food, but also organisms that obey complex systems and hierarchies similar to those found on land.
Hammour House will bring together fishermen, scientists, artists, schoolchildren and a number of institutions to demonstrate a selection of various installations.
Sheikh Al-Nahyan said at the event: "Hammour House embodies the theme of Expo 2020 "Uniting Minds, creating the future", which combines creativity and engagement and aims to unite the entire community to raise awareness and ensure action to solve our biggest problems from the point of view of art."
It is also expected that the art project will study the coral reefs of the UAE and their inhabitants, in particular the sea bass with orange spots, known locally as hammour.
During the long-awaited six-month event, which will begin on 1st of October, within the framework of the project, a tapestry depicting marine life created by schoolchildren using natural paints will be demonstrated. It will also feature a hammerhead fish, a sculpture made from virtually invisible fishing nets that have been lost or thrown into the sea. This is the work of Australian artist Sue Ryan.
It is said that the program includes daily knitting classes, master classes led by artists from the UAE and musical evenings.
Visitors will have the opportunity to get acquainted with coral reef sculptures made from recycled materials, which will be presented at the Expo-2020 exhibition.
According to the statement, one of the inspirations of the idea of Hammour House is the story of "The Thousand and One Nights "about" The Fisherman Abdullah " and “Abdulla the Merman”, where a fisherman makes friends with a merman and learns about underwater life. Later, he begins to understand that fish is not only a source of food, but also organisms that obey complex systems and hierarchies similar to those found on land.