RE Project: Naoum’s Cache
Naoum’s Cache is a reinterpretation of the legacy of the late Egyptian architect Naoum Chébib (1915–1985). It is a fictive archive that is created based on both research and imagination to fill an important gap in the history and memory of post-1952 Egypt.
GUIDING INTERESTS
Mohamed Adel Dessouki is an artist and architect who lives and works in Alexandria, Egypt. His work basically focuses on memory, architecture, and the everyday life.
ARTFORM
Video, Installation
MATERIAL
Archives, Sketches, Video
EXHIBITION SELECTION
2020| Frankfurt.de | Künstlerhaus Mousonturm | Archival Fabulations | Online Performance
2020| Cairo.eg | Racotis Art | Atmosphere | Online Exhibition of Drawings
2019| Auckland.nz | Papatunga Art Space | A Personal Archive | Video Installation
2019| Alexandria.eg |MASS Alexandria | Naoum Cache | Installation + Video Installation
2019| Alexandria.eg | French Institute | Memories of an Asphalt Road | Drawings
FORMATION
2019 | Alexandria.eg | MASS Program | Independent studies
2012 | Cairo.eg | Cairo University | Architecture | PhD
2003 | Alexandria.eg | Arab Academy for Science and Technology | Architecture | Master
2000 | Alexandria.eg | Alexandria University | Architecture | Bachelor
BIO
Lives in Alexandria.eg
1977| Born in Alexandria.eg
LINKS
Website
PHOTO
Salma Dessouki
AUTHOR
Rania Atef