AFAC Announces the 11 Projects Selected under the Creative Labs Pillar of Ecologies of Culture.
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is pleased to announce the 11 projects selected to receive support under the Creative Labs pillar of the Ecologies of Culture program. The selection was made by an independent jury from more than 141 applications received across Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia.
Bringing together artists, cultural practitioners, researchers, technologists, educators, and scientists, the selected projects reflect a wide range of interdisciplinary approaches grounded in experimentation, inquiry, and collaboration. They explore how artistic practice intersects with other fields of knowledge to open new ways of understanding and responding to the pressing challenges shaping our world today.
The Creative Labs pillar supports projects that move beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries, encouraging new forms of co-creation between the arts and other sectors such as science, environmental studies, and social research.
The selection was made by an interdisciplinary jury whose collective expertise reflects the very ethos of Creative Labs; spanning design, technology, architecture, cultural policy, and curatorial practice. The jury members include Haytham Nawar, associate professor of design at the American University in Cairo and director of Diriyah Art Futures in KSA; Joelle Deeb, architect and researcher working at the intersection of water systems, cultural heritage, and urban studies; Chiraz Latiri, professor of computer science at the University of La Manouba and former Minister of Cultural Affairs in Tunisia; Vrouyr Joubanian, director of the Center for Collaborative Design (CIRCL) and specialist in human-centered design and innovation; and Yazid Anani, curator and academic with a longstanding practice in interdisciplinary cultural programming in Palestine.
Together, the jury brought forward projects that not only demonstrate artistic and conceptual diligence, but also reflect a strong commitment to cross-sector collaboration and locally grounded experimentation.
The selected projects
Music in Motion (MiM), Lebanon
The Unsolicited Commission for Atlas Valley Planning (UCAVAP), Morocco
Material Liberatory, Palestine
Kullu Mlih, Jordan/ Egypt/ Morocco
Immersive Multimedia Lab, Egypt
Nagham, Syria
Layers of Cairo, Egypt
The Solar Grid: Video Game, Egypt
The Acoustic Reef, Jordan
INTER Lab, Tunisia
Eco-Cultures Research Unit (E.C.R.U), Lebanon
