A personal message from Rashad Salim:
I wish to acknowledge here everyone whose work and support has contributed directly towards the development of the artworks and concepts presented on this site, as well as the many friends whose encouragement and support has been priceless since the earliest stages of the Ark Re-imagined project. With deep appreciation, THANK YOU all.
I would like to express my gratitude with respect to all the individuals who stand behind me: in particular my deep friends Ali & Nisreen al Husry and Sumaya & Ed Miner, Tigris crew mate Asbjorn Damhus and his wife Janet, David & Gill Graham, and those who have resourced the Ark Re-imagined project from its earliest stages of development, including Louay Yousif Atrakchi, Faisel al Qaraghuli, Lena Lazaar, and Teresa Wilding.
The contributions of architects Khalid N. Ramzi and Rand Al-Shakarchi in visualising the Ark (2015-16) deserve special mention. The foundation they established was built upon by the Ark Mind artist’s residency team (autumn 2019), in particular George Stewart and Charlotte Evans as architectural designers, with creative and technical support from Riyam Salim, Kai McLaughlin, Sarah Saraj, Laura Burman, Nural Moser, Alia, Maliha Anas, Leenah Bassouni, Lynda Boudjeltia, Andi Cristea, and Shaheen Nanako Kumatsu.
I am grateful and proud to work with Dr Shatha Alamiri of the Iraqi Architectural Heritage Preservation Society (IAHPS) and team members including Dr Mustafa Abdul-Jalel, Maha Najm and Safa Ubaid ongoing development work on the Ark’s architectural design, and Rafi Isa on its engineering.
Dr. Tamara Chalabi and the Ruya Foundation were instrumental in facilitating my work with craftspeople in Iraq, as were local guides and hosts, Mousa A Mousa, Abbas al Jibouri (Abu Teeba), Abu Amer, Abu Sajjad, Raafat Aliraqi, Ali Karkhi of Humat Dijlah (Tigris Protectors Association) and many more.
I acknowledge the seminal support of Stephen Stapleton and his fabulous team at Edge of Arabia, Valeria Mariani, Imogen Ware, Aga Antosz and Kuba Rudzinski, whose Culturunners project “invests in the potential of travelling artists to open the public imagination and inspire greater empathy across physical and psychological borders around the world”; and last but not least, to all who helped launch the Ark Re-imagined as a concept in 2015:
Lilac Taie, Jan Rymer, Diana Elena, Lasla Esquivel, Borba Anderson, Julia Guest, Jassim al Asadi and the crew of Nature Iraq’s Tigris Flotilla, Abu al Hassan al Musafiri, Furat Jamil, Dr. Abdul Amir Alhamdani, Dr. Zainab Mehdi, Dr. Caecilia Pieri, Dr. Venetia Porter, Dr. Ban Habubi, Dr. Reyam Naji, Zein al Abideen Timimi, Artist Mohammed Fakhir, Dr. John Cooper, Dr. Linda Hurcombe, Dr. Dionysius Agius, Zainab al Rais & Hajir al Omari, Hind Saeed, Karen Dubrovski, Dr. Ali Mehdi, Dr. Ali Douabul, Artist Hamid Saeed, Meqdam Jameel Hasson, my family and friends, and all in mind not here mentioned…
Thank You
Rashad Salim
Lead Artist – Ark Re-imagined
Co-Founder – Safina Projects CIC
A personal message from Rashad Salim:
I wish to acknowledge here everyone whose work and support has contributed directly towards the development of the artworks and concepts presented on this site, as well as the many friends whose encouragement and support has been priceless since the earliest stages of the Ark Re-imagined project. With deep appreciation, THANK YOU all.
I would like to express my gratitude with respect to all the individuals who stand behind me: in particular my deep friends Ali & Nisreen al Husry and Sumaya & Ed Miner, Tigris crew mate Asbjorn Damhus and his wife Janet, David & Gill Graham, and those who have resourced the Ark Re-imagined project from its earliest stages of development, including Louay Yousif Atrakchi, Faisel al Qaraghuli, Lena Lazaar, and Teresa Wilding.
The contributions of architects Khalid N. Ramzi and Rand Al-Shakarchi in visualising the Ark (2015-16) deserve special mention. The foundation they established was built upon by the Ark Mind artist’s residency team (autumn 2019), in particular George Stewart and Charlotte Evans as architectural designers, with creative and technical support from Riyam Salim, Kai McLaughlin, Sarah Saraj, Laura Burman, Nural Moser, Alia, Maliha Anas, Leenah Bassouni, Lynda Boudjeltia, Andi Cristea, and Shaheen Nanako Kumatsu.
I am grateful and proud to work with Dr Shatha Alamiri of the Iraqi Architectural Heritage Preservation Society (IAHPS) and team members including Dr Mustafa Abdul-Jalel, Maha Najm and Safa Ubaid ongoing development work on the Ark’s architectural design, and Rafi Isa on its engineering.
Dr. Tamara Chalabi and the Ruya Foundation were instrumental in facilitating my work with craftspeople in Iraq, as were local guides and hosts, Mousa A Mousa, Abbas al Jibouri (Abu Teeba), Abu Amer, Abu Sajjad, Raafat Aliraqi, Ali Karkhi of Humat Dijlah (Tigris Protectors Association) and many more.
I acknowledge the seminal support of Stephen Stapleton and his fabulous team at Edge of Arabia, Valeria Mariani, Imogen Ware, Aga Antosz and Kuba Rudzinski, whose Culturunners project “invests in the potential of travelling artists to open the public imagination and inspire greater empathy across physical and psychological borders around the world”; and last but not least, to all who helped launch the Ark Re-imagined as a concept in 2015:
Lilac Taie, Jan Rymer, Diana Elena, Lasla Esquivel, Borba Anderson, Julia Guest, Jassim al Asadi and the crew of Nature Iraq’s Tigris Flotilla, Abu al Hassan al Musafiri, Furat Jamil, Dr. Abdul Amir Alhamdani, Dr. Zainab Mehdi, Dr. Caecilia Pieri, Dr. Venetia Porter, Dr. Ban Habubi, Dr. Reyam Naji, Zein al Abideen Timimi, Artist Mohammed Fakhir, Dr. John Cooper, Dr. Linda Hurcombe, Dr. Dionysius Agius, Zainab al Rais & Hajir al Omari, Hind Saeed, Karen Dubrovski, Dr. Ali Mehdi, Dr. Ali Douabul, Artist Hamid Saeed, Meqdam Jameel Hasson, my family and friends, and all in mind not here mentioned…
Thank You
Rashad Salim
Lead Artist – Ark Re-imagined
Co-Founder – Safina Projects CIC
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