The Formation of Soon travels to this year’s edition of the Dubai Design Week opening on the 5th of November and will be on view through the 10th, at the Dubai Design District, in collaboration with the House or Artisans and Qasr Al Hosn.
Congratulations to NYUAD Alumna and MaSC intern Gopika Krishnan on her acceptance to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Artificial Intelligence.
We are proud to announce that Gopika Krishnan has been accepted into the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Artificial Intelligence (EMAI), securing the highly competitive Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. This distinguished two-year program spans four leading European universities, including Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Radboud University, each offering specialized AI training. Gopika will represent our community brilliantly as she embarks on this exciting educational journey. Join us in celebrating Gopika’s outstanding achievement!
NYUAD Alumna Gopika Krishnan presented her PPTP work with MaSC on Mridangam strokes at ISMIR in Milan this Month!
We are happy to announce that “The Formation of Soof” is currently being showcased at the London Design Biennale. The immersive installation pays tribute to the core materials and tools of the Al-Sadu craft which is the wool (Soof) & the spinner/ spindle (Maghzal or Ghazal).
Spinning the wool is a traditional technique used to create the raw wool into yarn balls, the process of spinning is one that is time consuming but also very intimate and hypnotic in it’s formation process; this experience celebrates the importance of the technique and the flow of the movement that allows for the transformation from a raw soft material into the Sadu textile that is architecturally fundamental to the building of traditional tent structures.
The experience utilises creative audio and visual videos as part of its interactive installation.
The Abu Dhabi Pavilion the “Formation Of Soof” is showing until June 25th in Somerset House at the Biennale site.
This work is in collaboration with Qasr Al Hosn, the House of Artisans, and NYUAD Outreach.
The MaSC team spent two days recording sounds of traditional crafts which include the Sadu, Talli, and Khoos weaving at the House of Artisans in Qasr Al Hosn, along with student volunteers Maitha Alriyami and Diana Donatella. The recordings will later be featured in an auditory installation experience at the Qasr Al Hosn next year.
