As part of the Creativity in Action project supported by Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) to promote creative and social enterprises; CLUSTER’s ALFABRIKA carried out its first urban shutters workshop on December 25th – 27th 2020 in partnership with DUCO extending for an additional few days and completed by the beginning of 2021.
This project builds on CLUSTER’s interest and previous track record towards engaging art and culture as catalysts for urban regeneration in both the historic city center as well as outlying informal areas where emerging art spaces interact with a network of local crafts and small workshops.
Production has been carried out with DUCO as the implementing partner supported by contributions of artists Ibrahim Ahmed and Ibrahim Khattab besides the participation of art and design students from Cairo University, Helwan University and the German University in Cairo.
The workshop aimed at the redesign and artwork production for three store frontages in Ard al-Liwa among Giza neighborhood: ALFABRIKA’s own shutters, the shutter of Al Ibrahimayn Art Studio and the exterior walls of the Nour al-Quran nursery with an objective to create exposure besides enhancing the streetscape visual qualities and offering vocational trainings both for college students and craftspeople.
Text by Cluster.
Images by DUCO.
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