The Stream Of Consciousness

Designers from Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Iran Under the theme the Casbah, Designers in the Middle presents Stream of Consciousness, shaped organically by flexible thinking, by tolerance and by trust. Our stream of consciousness, a group brain storm, reflects commonality on the same cerebral highway, inspired by the heritage of the Levant, as well as multiple life experiences the region of the Middle East has to offer. A collective interior monologue can be heard through the free-thinking visual narratives - that of nomadism, craft, tradition and diversity.
A Casbah is an “Old City”, enclosed, walled, where citizens meet to work,
to do business, to trade and to play, and where nomadic storytelling is told and where playing together creates a dialogue, stimulates the mind, and sees similar spoken languages using similar codes. Boundaries and walls were not conceived for artists, designers and makers, and can create limitations. Our cast has had to work remotely, but in unison, because of the nature of Designers in the Middle, and all have been inspired and challenged by an unfamiliar material and a limit on material, as part of the process. Our Casbah exists within a world experiencing dynamic shift, and which forms a new global paradigm.