Alaa Younes
Jordan
Visual Artist
Visual Arts
Alaa Younes is an independent artist whose practice spans curation, filmmaking, and publishing. Her work has been showcased in solo exhibitions in Amman, Dubai, Sharjah, New York, London, Seville, and Prague. She curated the first Kuwaiti Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and co-curated the Singapore Biennale in 2022. In 2012, she co-founded “Kayfa ta”, an independent publishing initiative focused on research, exhibitions, and publications. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Academy of the Arts of the World in Cologne and a Research Scholar at Al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Alaa Younes
Jordan
Visual Artist
Visual Arts
Alaa Younes is an independent artist whose practice spans curation, filmmaking, and publishing. Her work has been showcased in solo exhibitions in Amman, Dubai, Sharjah, New York, London, Seville, and Prague. She curated the first Kuwaiti Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013 and co-curated the Singapore Biennale in 2022. In 2012, she co-founded “Kayfa ta”, an independent publishing initiative focused on research, exhibitions, and publications. She is currently the Artistic Director of the Academy of the Arts of the World in Cologne and a Research Scholar at Al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Juror
Wijhat
Round 01
2024
Grantee
Wijhat
Round 02
2021
Against the Slow Cancellation of the Future
Destination: Jordan → Estonia
Itinerary: Ala’ is to take part in “What Makes Another World Possible,” a group exhibition in Tallinn Art Hall curated by Corina L. Apostol. She will present an installation called “Against the Slow Cancellation of the Future,” based on iconic film footage of the 1977 bread riots in Egypt and radio news broadcasts that aired in Jordan upon the arrival of refugees from Iraq in the early 1990s. Her contribution will also include a 3D study on the manipulation of public opinion. This work analyses images captured and circulated by mobile phones, televised footage of demonstrations in Egypt, and how social media generate a form of hysteria that internet algorithms help augment.
Itinerary: Ala’ is to take part in “What Makes Another World Possible,” a group exhibition in Tallinn Art Hall curated by Corina L. Apostol. She will present an installation called “Against the Slow Cancellation of the Future,” based on iconic film footage of the 1977 bread riots in Egypt and radio news broadcasts that aired in Jordan upon the arrival of refugees from Iraq in the early 1990s. Her contribution will also include a 3D study on the manipulation of public opinion. This work analyses images captured and circulated by mobile phones, televised footage of demonstrations in Egypt, and how social media generate a form of hysteria that internet algorithms help augment.
Juror
Production Awards
Round 01
2016
Juror
Production Awards
Round 02
2013
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