{"id":61686,"date":"2025-05-01T15:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=61686"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:06:47","slug":"youth-takeover-2025","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/youth-takeover-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Takeover 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jameel’s annual Youth Takeover is the manifestation of the Assembly, an experimental learning programme designed to foster creative leaders aged 18 to 24 in the UAE, “inviting the creation and curation of projects reflective of their generation\u2019s areas of interest”. The Assembly 2024-2025 cohort comprises multimedia graphic designer Abrar Kebaili<\/strong>, visual artist and designer Ayesha Fernande<\/strong>s, multimedia designer and writer Desir\u00e9e Barreto,<\/strong> literary artist Ioanna<\/strong> Orphanide<\/strong>, poet Jared Maxilom<\/strong>, researcher and writer Manal Nadeem<\/strong>, architect and researcher Omar Darwish<\/strong>, exhibition designer Sanjushrree Subash<\/strong>, and poet Syed Haider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme for the Youth Takeover \u2013 a physical takeover of spaces on the Jameel\u2019s ground floor \u2013 is titled ‘Spoon Spade Shovel’. It covers experiments in how the Assembly members dig, sift and stir through the world, “offering a network of creative experiences as tools for excavation, reflection and play … The exhibition presents a range of interdisciplinary works that use tools \u2013 literal and metaphorical \u2013 to question how we make and remake meaning”. These works sit uneasily beside one another, but their differences are invitations rather than obstacles\u00a0 “whether you sift or stir, extract or excavate, your experience will be shaped by the tool you reach for: its size, scale, heft and intent. You are invited to inhabit this instability and co-compose the meanings that emerge … What you take from this exhibition depends on what you bring to it”.<\/p>\n

The artists are:<\/p>\n

Ayesha Fernandes with Svabhu Kohli
\nDesir\u00e9e Barreto with Angie Pais and Mouza Al Hamrani
\nIoanna Orphanide with Danae Orphanide and Ilya Akimov
\nJared Maxilom with Halo-Halo Experiment, Vinyl Souk and memoryall
\nManal Nadeem with Khaled Esguerra and Jed Bacason
\nOmar Darwish with Fatma Al Ali and Maitha Ali
\nSanjushrree Subash with Danut\u0117 Vaitek\u016bnait\u0117 and Farheen Fatima
\nSyed Haider with Hessa Lootah, Souldier and Aqib Anwar<\/p>\n

Besides the commissioned artworks, the Youth Takeover 2025 features a public programme. These are all free, but re-registration is required:<\/p>\n

10 May 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Opening Preview and panel discussion with the Assembly 2024-2025 members and programme curators Abhirami Suresh <\/strong>and Nabeeha Sajjad<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Musical Activation: Translating Oscillations by artist Mckie Alvarez<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Musical Performance: ABRI<\/strong><\/p>\n

11 May<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Workshop: Synthesising Landscapes (Part 1) with Assembly members Ayesha Fernandes <\/strong>and Ioanna Orphanide<\/strong><\/p>\n

17 May<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Tour: Assembly-led exhibition tour
\n\u2013 Workshop: Portable Beats \u2013 DIY Music with Pocket Operators. Music production workshop by artist PHO<\/strong>, in collaboration with Vinyl Souk
\n\u2013 Gathering: Storytelling \u2013 The Journey of Design by graphic designer Poorvaja Subramanian<\/strong> and Assembly member Abrar Kebaili<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Musical Activation: Translating Oscillations by Madam Void<\/strong><\/p>\n

18 May<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Workshop: You may now sleep? by artist Henry Tan<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Themed activation: me.me con by artist Fatima Raza<\/strong> and Assembly member Desiree Barreto<\/strong><\/p>\n

24 May<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Performance Tour: And the Tools Begin to Speak \u2013 Poets in Response to Spoon Spade Shovel by poets Ahmed Gihad Hamad, Dania Dawn, Jared Maxilom, Malavika Suresh, Pankaj Kanchandani, Sarah Afaneh, Shania Laude <\/strong>and Syed Haider<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Performance: lorem ipsum 9-to-5 by Andres Ugartechea<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Musical activation: Translating Oscillations by Joe Najm<\/strong><\/p>\n

25 May<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Tour: Assembly-led Youth Takeover 2025 tour
\n\u2013 Workshop: Between the Gesture and the Ground by artists Aya Afaneh and Yoonsik Chico Park
\n\u2013 Workshop: Dwelling in the In-between: A Workshop of Waiting, Devotion and Movement by writer and performance artist Faraz Ali<\/p>\n

31 May<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Tour and workshop: Family Saturdays at the Jameel by Assembly member Ayesha Fernandes<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Workshop: Monuments and Enchantment \u2013 Inhabiting Urban Space by artist-researcher Maitha Ali<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Musical activation: Translating Oscillations by PHO<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 June<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Interactive performance: Synthesising Landscapes (Part 2) by artists Aakarsh Singh <\/strong>and Ahmed Bilal<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Musical activation: Feedback Loops: A Sunset Sound Gathering by artists Cyrill Reaidy <\/strong>and Kirill Zhan<\/strong> of Moist Paper Party<\/p>\n

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