 Nadim
Karam
The cloud,
the fisherman, and the mutating cities (Stainless steel and sand
2012) - See right >
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Biography:
Nadim Karam
graduated from AUB in 1982, and went on to do his masters and doctorate
in architecture at Tokyo University on a Japanese government scholarship.
During his decade
in Japan he created several art exhibitions, installations and performances.
Returning to post-war Beirut, he founded Atelier Hapsitus with the
idea of forming a multi-disciplinary group to create an original
urban vocabulary.
Their first
work was a theoretical reflection on the destroyed city center (Hilarious
Beirut), which was followed by urban art interventions in Beirut
during Solidere’s infrastructural phase, in post-communist Prague,
and then others in Japan, the UK and Australia.
Their architectural
works include the Hallak and Monza showrooms, Sehnaoui Residence,
and have recently been awarded the BLC bank headquarters. Nadim
Karam regularly exhibits his own sculptures and paintings in parallel.
Publications on his work include ‘Voyage’ (2000) ‘Urban Toys’ (2006)
and ‘The Cloud, the Desert and the Arabian Breeze’ (2007).
Profile
of the company Hapsitus:
A pluri-disciplinary
group founded and les by Nadim Karam, Atelier Hapsitus is a think-tank
focused on the creation of an original urban vocabulary.
‘Hapsitus’,
meaning the unpredictable outcome of choreographed hap penings and
situ ations, is usually the starting point of their projects, which
reach maturity through ideas, research and debate.
They use their
cross-fertilization of disciplines to generate urban statements.
Working from Beirut, they have created large-scale art installation
works and architectural works for various cities worldwide.
Publications:
2007: The Cloud, The Desert and The Arabian Breeze, Booth-Clibborn
Editions, London.
2006: Urban Toys, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London.
2000: Voyage, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London.
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Architecture Art Project:
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BLC BANK Headquarters
►► Hallak
chain of eyeglass stores
►► Haret
Daroun, traditional stone village house
►► Sehnaoui
Residence
►► Urban Art Project:
►► Beirut
Urban Art 1997 / 2000
►► The
Dialogue of the Hills, Amman
►► Mile
End Park Project, London
►► Art
Installation, Temple of Nara, Japan
►► Notting
Hill Art Project
►► The
Prague Art Project
►► The
Transients, Art Installation, Dubai
Contact:
editorial@onefineart.com
Online Portfolio: hapsitus.com
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