S is for School

Video Installation

Description

I’ve always been interested in memories, emotions, and social meanings embedded in the built environment. My current project focuses on the architecture of schools. Using narrative and archival materials, my video represents an autobiographical account that retells a personal history of an uncelebrated school in the city of Alexandria, from its foundation as a mid-19th century Scottish missionary school to its late 20th century’s post-colonial fate.

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About the artists

Mohamed Adel Dessouki
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