The Womb Genesis

The Workshop

Artist-in-residence program: 1-15th July 2008
35 Collaborative artists from UK, Ireland, Morocco, USA, Tunisia, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Iraq
50 m2 of artworks created on perspex – Building blocks of the Womb art installation
Guest artist: Muhanna Dorra, founder of the Jordanian School of Visual Arts

DNA, the code of life

The artists have been asked to use the building blocks of life; DNA. The DNA code GATC is used to create a personal message. We all share this DNA code; although we are are all different, we all share the basic building blocks of humanity; this universal language, this translingual form. Art is also translingual and transcultural.

A can be the A for "Art", "Amour" (Love in French), Anxiety, or "Ana" (I in Arabic) , " Alma" (Soul in Italian), etc ..
C for "Coeur" (Heart in French), "Connection", "Conflict", "Community", etc.
G for "Gun", "Gender", "Gene"..
T for "Ti" (you in Russian), "Trend", "Twist"