The “Identity Identity- سجل انا” PROJECT is a workshop of plastic expression level: 3 Archi – Materials / Plastic Expression – of the School of Architecture and Urbanism of Sidi Bousaid. By the end of the semester, a nice parade was programmed in the village the week before. The latter has ignited the canvas and has retained all the attentions. Interview with Faten Rouissi, one of the teachers of the School to know more. By Amel DJAIT
Who are the framers of this project?
Faten Rouissi: A group of teachers: Hajer Fakhfakh, Hela Ennaifer, Neila Larbi, Myriam Chellakhi, Sana Sanhaji, Hela Ammous, Donia Abdelmoula, Rouissi Faten, Sonia Kallel, Raouia Kallel, Anissa Htira, Noura Mzoughi, Hajer Belhj …
What is the idea?
To express one’s identity is at the root of our subject. This faculty of representation takes on a new dimension under the banner of contemporary art.
In the form of casting installations and performances in-situ, our identities expose, juxtapose, intertwine … Students of the 3rd year architecture have parade and exposed their multiple projects in contrast to the identity of the Place, to the happiness of the passer-by in Sidi Bousaid.
What are the objectives of the workshop?
To allow the student to express his reflections and ideas in a contemporary plastic realization and to develop a methodology applied to the creation
Enrich the student’s contemporary artistic culture and stimulate his creative thinking through a critical vision, which will lead him to reflect on the interference and synthesis of the arts.
Prepare the student to acquire a research methodology (perseverance, progress in ideas, in-depth reflection, structured communication, exchange and sharing). The dreamed identity … سجل انا … “Imagine that I am other. Play me my favorite role »The avatars Claude Cachun. سجل! أنا عربي “ورقم بطاقتي خمسون ألف وأطفالي ثمانية وتاسعهم سيأتي بعد صيف! فهل تغضب? سجل! أنا عربي محمود درويش
Composing note image to note, reproduce and produce one’s own identity is at the root of our subject. This faculty of representing ourselves takes on a new dimension under the banner of contemporary art. From conceptual art to in-situ body art, our identities are exposed, juxtaposed, intertwined … inviting to dream.
The student is called in his project to establish a relation between the attributed indentation, the identity lived and the dreamed identity. What happens when our reflections become active, porous …?
Who sponsors the project?
We have no sponsors. Each student funded their own project. We are asking all students to save money, to use garbage and recovery, to go to the thrift shop …. In fact, there is no need for costs. We need the idea to be strong with a very low cost
What is this orange color in a blue and white village?
This year we opted for orange. Last year it was white. We want multiple projects to be one at the end. To unify them, we will opt in an aesthetic way for the monochrome.
For this time, we opted for orange, the complement of Blue, for even more radiation and in order to be in line with the site of Sidi Bou Said. In contrast, the idea is also to disrupt the color identity of Sidi Sousiad.
Will the procession be rescheduled or can it be reprogrammed?
As teachers, we wanted this final work in plastic art to be in line with the site of Sidi Bousaid and the architectural space. We wanted to work “in situ”. We will work to keep this idea out of school and make it like a kind of ritual.
It’s extremely interesting to get out of college and go against the street and people. We need openness to the world and the universe