Hiba Masad

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Jordan °1990
research interests: Storytelling, Printmaking, reading, text, belonging, Artistic reserach, public space, public art, libraries
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Hiba Masad studied visual arts at the University of Jordan between 2008 and 2012, specializing in printmaking. Over the past  years, she worked as an activity specialist at the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation in Amman, Jordan which opened her eyes to the role of arts and literature in developing creative societies. During those years she ran several artistic workshops and activities with children, young adults, and adults alike from various backgrounds of society.

In the art world, Hiba has continued working on her personal art in the form of printmaking While focusing on texts she reads and mental health topics as her inspiration.

 

Hiba obtained her master degree in Arts in performing public space from FHK- Tilburg. In her masters Hiba did a research entitled Collective Readings, which motivated her to complete her research in the form of an initiative for collective readings in the Jordanian public space and work to create a community of collective readers where people can read the text together, discuss topics of interest to the community, share personal stories and express through drawing and writing.

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  • READING AS A COLLECTIVE ACTION (last edited: 2023) author(s): Hiba Masad connected to: Fontys Academy of the Arts (internal) This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
    This research aims to turn the individual reading experience into a collective one by designing preformative encounters through literature and focusing on the main topics of home and belonging. The research argument revolves around the many ways we can read a text collectively by creating a space of social engagement and the possibilities for people to react to these texts through discussions, writing and drawing. There is a use of political texts to speak without fear and give the reader the ability to connect to societal and political rights in their own cities. The intention is to specifically discuss publicly the different perspectives on the subject matter by highlighting the Palestinians’ suffering and what has happened over the past years in Palestine, as a result of the 1948 Catastrophe, which translates into “Al-Nakba” in Arabic. A set of famous Palestinian cities, Haifa and Akka, that were lost due to forceful eviction of their inhabitants in 1948 show empowering stories of a life of struggles and longing for return. Using texts as tactics is a bridge to discuss politics in the city and have the right to change ourselves and through that change, also have an effect on reshaping the cities we live in.
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