Heba Amin tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/amin0037/amin0037//6942 2008-10-04T21:20:57Z Movable Type 4.31-en Website tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.146529 2008-10-04T21:19:48Z 2008-10-04T21:20:57Z Please visit my official website at www.hebaamin.com... Heba Amin www.hebaamin.com]]> A City Where You Can’t Hear Yourself Scream tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.146268 2008-10-02T22:50:33Z 2008-10-02T22:52:34Z "This is not like London or New York, or even Tehran, another car-clogged Middle Eastern capital. It is literally like living day in and day out with a lawn mower running next to your head, according to scientists with the... Heba Amin http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/world/middleeast/14cairo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]]> Will the dam burst? tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.143185 2008-09-18T05:53:32Z 2008-09-18T05:55:27Z A glum outlook on the future of a city. http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12202321... Heba Amin
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12202321]]> Root Shock: Photo Documentation tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.139480 2008-08-25T22:53:16Z 2008-08-25T23:04:28Z (click on slideshow to see larger versions)... Heba Amin
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]]> Root Shock, August-Oct 2008 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.138774 2008-08-18T04:50:33Z 2008-09-18T05:57:14Z Obsidian Arts Presents Root Shock www.obsidianarts.org What causes root shock? Who imposes root shock? Who survives it? What happens to cultural, moral, physical, spiritual, economic, social, psychological roots? Inspired by Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove’s book "Root Shock: How Tearing Up... Heba Amin Obsidian Arts Presents Root Shock
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What causes root shock? Who imposes root shock? Who survives it? What happens to cultural, moral, physical, spiritual, economic, social, psychological roots?

Inspired by Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove’s book "Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America And What We Can Do About it", Obsidian Arts (curated by Marlina Gonzalez) presents a show around the concept of the not-so-random acts of social dismemberment and transplantations imposed on any culture perceived as “the other’.

The show features:
Catherine Kennedy (Liberia)
Usry Alleyne (Guyana)
Heba Amin (Egypt)
Sankara Djeki (Cameroon)

Saturday August 16, 2008
Opening Reception 7pm to 10pm
Rooftop projection at dusk

Thursday October 16, 2008, 7pm
Artist Panel with participating artists and curator

]]> Grant from DHA! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.133947 2008-07-02T20:10:24Z 2008-07-02T20:26:37Z I received a grant as part of the Block Grant Fund from the Graduate Program of Design, Housing, and Apparel to fund my project: Emotional City: Re-envisioning Urban Space... Heba Amin
Emotional City: Re-envisioning Urban Space]]> MAW X Country: Hotel Eyes tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.134163 2008-07-01T06:11:40Z 2008-07-08T06:14:13Z Projecting from inside the Marriot hotel room from the 21st floor in downtown San Jose for the fun of it! We (MAW) were there for the ZERO1 Festival in June 2008. Photos courtesy of Peter Thompson... Heba Amin MAW) were there for the ZERO1 Festival in June 2008.


Photos courtesy of Peter Thompson]]> MAW X Country: ZERO1 Block Party, June 2008 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.134206 2008-06-17T16:14:07Z 2008-07-08T06:15:14Z A sampling of everyone's work (from MAW) at the ZERO1 festival block party in San Jose. Video documentation by Tyler Hallett.... Heba Amin MAW) at the ZERO1 festival block party in San Jose.
Video documentation by Tyler Hallett.

]]> MAW X Country: Photo Documentation tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.131592 2008-06-17T06:40:52Z 2008-08-26T04:47:11Z Minneapols Art on Wheels Minneapolis-San Jose road trip, summer 2008. (click on slideshow to see larger versions) MAW goes to the ZERO 1 New Media Biennial in San Jose, California, trekking across 10 states and projecting in a variety of... Heba Amin Minneapols Art on Wheels
Minneapolis-San Jose road trip, summer 2008.


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MAW goes to the ZERO 1 New Media Biennial in San Jose, California, trekking across 10 states and projecting in a variety of sites ranging from the Badlands of Interior, South Dakota, to the sand dunes of Winnemucca, Nevada, and the streets of downtown San Jose. Documentation is viewable on the MAW website.]]> MAW X Country: Winnemucca Sand Dunes tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.133586 2008-06-16T19:50:16Z 2008-08-18T05:16:30Z batchku, tytronic, and heba at the sand dunes of Winnemucca, NV as part of the MAW X Country trip. Documentation by Andrea Steudel.... Heba Amin MAW X Country trip.
Documentation by Andrea Steudel.

]]> MAW X Country: Grimes Creek tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.134266 2008-06-16T06:07:20Z 2008-07-08T06:16:36Z Projection on the trees of the lovely site of Grimes Creek in Boise Idaho. Documentation by Andrea Steudel.... Heba Amin Documentation by Andrea Steudel.

]]> Panoramic Cityscapes tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.128509 2008-05-14T19:53:13Z 2008-05-14T20:10:37Z Projection Outing, May 11, 2008 Documentation by Gabriel Cheifetz... Heba Amin


Documentation by Gabriel Cheifetz]]> Sketchup Cityscapes tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.133585 2008-05-05T19:20:42Z 2008-06-30T19:30:46Z Heba Amin

]]> monuments to failed investment tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.126277 2008-05-03T00:44:49Z 2008-05-04T01:51:54Z Yet another example of failed architectural investments in Egypt: Two photographers reveal images of Sinai resorts that never quite made it. And now, just like many other projects all over Egypt, they are abandoned concrete structures. http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/hotels-in-afterlife.html... Heba Amin


Two photographers reveal images of Sinai resorts that never quite made it. And now, just like many other projects all over Egypt, they are abandoned concrete structures. http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/hotels-in-afterlife.html]]> Art Projection, first outing tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/amin0037/amin0037//6942.126273 2008-05-03T00:17:05Z 2008-05-07T05:30:53Z April 30, 2008 Heba's, Ali's, and Tyler's projects http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ali/cola3950artforthepeople/2008/05/maw_hits_the_north_side.html... Heba Amin Heba's, Ali's, and Tyler's projects



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