ALULA successfully closes its first artist residence |Arabnews Fr

Alula, Saudi Arabia: after eleven weeks of explorations and experiments, six artists in residence unveiled their works carried out in three days of workshops open in the cultural oasis created in Mabiti Alula.

On the theme "The Renaissant Oasis", the works were inspired by collaborations with technical and scientific experts and the local community, in particular craftsmen and cultural actors, offering artists a dynamic overview of one of the landscapeslarger and richest of alula.These prospects were regularly shared with the public throughout the residence, through fourteen workshops and conferences, seven public artists' programs, more than twelve sites of sites and more than twenty interactions of experts in eleven weeks.

For Jean-François Charnier, scientific director of the French Agency for the Development of Alula (Afalula) and Arnaud Morand, creation and innovation manager, this event is of great importance.

"We are delighted to reveal the research and work of the first artists in residence in Alula.Through a variety of supports and approaches, hand in hand with experts and the local community, they offer a new look at the renewal initiatives currently deployed in the oasis "they thus declared.And to add, "we call (note: through this program) contemporary creation to pay tribute to the beauty and the importance of alula while contributing to the development of the destination through an intelligence specific to art.»»