Taghyeer a nonprofit organization with the ministry of culture aims to create a healthy, vibrant society by empowering people to think critically and lead the change they seek in their communities. Taghyeer strives to improve the cultural, social, psychological, and educational wellbeing of children, youth, and women across Jordan by developing entrepreneurial capabilities through hands-on training that is grounded in research and real-life experiences.
With funding and support from Taghyeer organization and Rights for Time, a research network, an exhibition titled” How to Time Travel” has been organized at the MMAG Foundation in the capital of Amman.
The idea of the exhibition presents a series of commissioned and selected works that explore themes of estrangement and displacement and propose ways in which the dimension of time conditions re-orientation and belonging.
Rana Beiruti, the Curator of the exhibition, said, “The exhibition provides a new framework by giving artists the freedom to engage with the public through their art. Many artists during that period felt the need to express what was happening in Palestine, to convey their thoughts and their works along this path. Some of them tried to search for hope in the future and reflected that in their art.”
While the resulting works manifest as tangible objects, a reconstructed or deconstructed painting, a deck of cards, and more. And some examples include “Approaching Haifa” by the visual artist Noor Besiso. This work challenges the imperial notion of belonging to the land through themes of theft, ownership, and borders. “Approaching Haifa” visually emphasizes elements of belonging, unity, freedom, and joy.
While the artist Shireen Mufti, in her oil painting titled” Missing Pieces” addressed the consequence of urban migration, the way of life in the Jordanian Badia is under the threat of silent erasure. where the intentional omission of cultural objects, tools, and contextual elements invites contemplation on nationally celebrated and iconized images which have been extracted from their original context and reduced to fragments or representations incapable of genuinely embodying their origins.
And throughout these works, the audience is invited to navigate shifting concepts of home and time, whether palpable or intangible, within reach or inaccessible.
