Desert of Pharan: Unofficial Histories behind the Mass Expansion of Mecca Art Supply The workshop

The workshop

1 x Wicker Ajiro Bengala - Rust

including artists

The series focusses on changing global conditions—and on the fact that we require more equality in creating knowledge under these conditions—and the need to redefine artistic geographies so that they can attune themselves to this new situation

Desert of Pharan: Unofficial Histories behind the Mass Expansion of Mecca Art Supply The workshopThrough a series of photographs, Ahmed Mater charts the city's origins to its more recent history over the last 5 years. It is a study of the site's recent transformation Makkah, until recently, embodied a unique urban tapestry, layered with histories that are stitched together by an abundance of organically rooted communities and cultures. It is a place that accommodated not only sacred structures and sites but also huge fluctuations in population