Step into 'Conditional People', an impactful exhibition-installation by graphic designer Rasha Dakkak. This work offers a powerful reflection on Amsterdam as a city that both embraces and sometimes excludes. Through a collection of custom-designed dinner plates, visitors can explore layered stories of heritage, identity, and the intricate feeling of belonging within a diverse urban environment. It questions how individuals become integrated into the city's broader social fabric.
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Conditional People is an exhibition-installatie by graphic designer Rasha Dakkak, reflecting on the Amsterdam she knows – a city that both welcomes and excludes. The installation uses specially designed dinner plates with graphic patterns to explore themes of heritage, belonging, and the feeling of being 'other' in an urban network.
Conditional People is an exhibition-installation by graphic designer Rasha Dakkak, who lives in Nieuw-West. The installation reflects on the Amsterdam Dakkak has come to know in recent years: a city that both welcomes and excludes. This conditional acceptance serves as the starting point for Dakkak's work, addressing the familiar pain of being repeatedly emphasized as 'different' due to her status as a second-class citizen. Through a large number of specially designed dinner plates, she demonstrates how the 'other' becomes interwoven into the city's network. The exhibition poses the question: How long does it take for the 'other' to become part of 'us'? The dinner plate is central to her installation, a modest cultural artifact on which graphic patterns can project a certain identity. In Dakkak's dinner plates, stories about heritage and belonging are shown in layers, creating a delicate interplay between acceptance and otherness.
The opening of the exhibition is on Friday, December 13th at 18:00. Specific ticketing information beyond the opening event details is not provided on this page.
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