In this colloquium, two professional women, the Emirati sculptural artist Azza Al Qubaisi and the Spanish architect Ines J. Pedras talk about their professional experiences, what they have in common and what they differ from. They will reflect on their vision, goals, and portfolios based on four main common themes: scales (large to small), materials (which ones they are using), techniques, and patterns.
Open to dialogue and embracing the intercultural exchange of knowledge among themselves and among all, with this meeting they seek to creatively expand horizons.
Date / Date : 25 March 2022
Time / Hour: 3:30 p.m.
Venue / Place: Multipurpose room. Spanish Pavilion – Expo Dubai
The meeting will culminate with an artistic intervention by Inés Pedrás on the outside stage at 5:00 p.m.
Duration / Length: 2 hours / 2 hours
Inés is currently developing her work in Tashkeel with a residency organized in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española. With this residence, Inés has access to space, her own computer, software... and all the facilities that the multidisciplinary and creative provider from Tashkeel offers to her broad community. Her stay culminates with an architectural-artistic exhibition that will take place in the galleries of Tashkeel (Nad Al-Sheba, 1) from May 10 to June 21, 2022.
Inés J. Pedras is a licensed architect, who graduated from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the ETSAM in Madrid and is a self-taught artist. In 2020, she founded the GemStones Architecture studio. She is also a researcher of new computational designs with McNeel Rhinoceros 3D and has architectural experience in the interventions that hosted the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan 2018-2019. Her work experiments with spatial quality in search of a complex geometric aesthetic that encompasses all fields of architecture, design and art. Her core concerns involve a simultaneous engagement in practice and new design technology with digital fabrication methods.
