Index of Edges: Watery stories and archives

Huda Tayob

Index of Edges: Watery stories and archives

Architecture

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Index of Edges draws on the vast global worlds of encounter along east African coastal cities to draw deep historical knowledge of living with and along watery edges. This project gathers sites and stories which collectively point to coastal pasts and futures through joyful, dangerous, abundant, and difficult encounters. Index of Edges has 3 -parts: a visual index based on 16th – 19th century maps of the coast; Watery Archives with archival film footage from 1897 – 1941; and Watery Stories which includes research, stories and songs from 16 contributors from along the east African coast.

Watery Stories:
Curated, edited and directed by Huda Tayob, with production and editorial support from Andri Burnett and contributions by Aaniyah Martin with Sarah Martin, Traci Kwaai and Joanne Peers; Alia Mossallam with Mimi Al Ashry, Ibrahim al-Morsi and the Tanboura Band of Port Said; Andariya; Asmaa Jama; Caroline Ngorobi with Suleiman Bakari, Omar Said and Omar Ali; Dhaqan Collective; Dominique Somda; Halima Ali; Khadija Abdalla Bajaber; Maria Gabriela Carrilho Aragão; Margarida Waco; Muhammad Taariq Husain Abdullatif; Nada Atieg; Nothando Nolwazi Lunga; Shiraz Bayjoo; Toni Giselle Stuart.

Original language	English
Type	Exhibition
Media of output	Biennale Architettura 2023 (18th Venice International Architecture Exhibition)
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Coastal architecture
African architecture
Architectural and urban theory

Access to Document

https://indexofedges.net/

Graham Foundation Grant 2023
Tayob, H. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

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Index of Edges: Watery stories and archives

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Graham Foundation Grant 2023

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