The exhibition invites visitors to make a personal memory tile, assembled into a library of memories [...]

24 October | 2 - 9pm
25 - 28 October | 10am - 9pm
29 October | 9am - 6pm
Between buildings 9 & 10, Dubai Design District (d3)

Pavilion Title: Memoir Bar

The exhibition invites visitors to make a personal memory tile, assembled into a library of memories. The interactive work is a witty exploration of whether it is possible to form tangible memory, and preserve an emotion forever.

Pick a memory and write it down on a piece of paper. Shred it into a fine form and watch it being made into a tile. This is the act of encapsulating a memory in an object, or solidifying and preserving an emotion forever, forming a library of preserved memories. Using memory as currency, visitors obtain the power to relive it through the object at will, ultimately constructing a large sanctuary of compressed and transferred emotion, the memoir bar.

Curators & Designers:

Thukral & Tagra is New Delhi based design duo Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra. Together the two aim to blur the lines between design and culture by specifically looking at the repercussions cultural globalisation has in modern day India. While both playful and humorous, their works express thoughtful questions about the nature of Indian identity as it is articulated by Indians themselves and projected on to India by the rest of the world.

Supported by

Bharat Floorings and Tiles

About Abwab
Abwab is a series of six pavilions built to celebrate and showcase the work of the most exciting designers, studios and curators from six different countries in the MENASA region.

Abwab, meaning ‘doors’ in Arabic, acts as a direct portal to the region’s local design talent. A curator from each participating country leads the designers to generate never-before-seen design content under one unifying theme, this year's being The Human Senses.