Aymen Gharbi is an architect and a curator.
Urban Fabric and Cultural Identity
From 2013 to 2015, Aymen Gharbi worked as an architect at the National Institution of Heritage on cartography and on conservation of the Medina of Tunis. In 2015, he founded the DOOLESHA project, a collective of urban activists to research and map the interplay of historic settings, ongoing urban developments and the sociocultural tissue of the contemporary Medina. He headed projects like DOORA-FEL-HOUMA what is a sociocultural project to engage young locals in research and mediation of the present changes in the Medina. Presently, he is working on DOOR-WAHDEK, a webzine linking scientific and artistic research, critical review and intellectual debate in an online platform, an app and a series of roundtables in the Medina.
Curatorial Practice And Cultural Heritage
In 2016 and 2018, jointly with Bettina Pelz, he directed the International Light Art Project INTERFERENCE in the Medina of Tunis staging a dialogue of contemporary art and cultural heritage. In 2017 and 2019, jointly with Bettina Pelz, he directs the International Media Art Biennial SEE DJERBA in Houmt Souk.tn.
Coaching
Since 2016, he supported several Tunisian artists and international emerging artists to improve their artistic practice and to follow through their productions. Since 2019, he leads the CANDELA MEDIA ART LAB to foster production, display and review of light and media art on the African continent, jointly with Bettina Pelz.
BIO
Since 2016 | Tunis.tn and Wetter/Ruhr.de | GPS – Gharbi-Pelz-Studios
2013 – 2015 | Tunis.tn | National Institute Of Heritage (INP)
2010 – 2013 | Sidi Bou Said.tn | National School Of Architecture And Urbanism (ENAU)
Since 2010 | Tunis.tn, Medina | Home
1989 | Born in Djerba.tn
LINKS
aymengharbi.net
DOOLESHA
DOURA-FEL-HOUMA
DOOR-WAHDEK
PHOTO
Malika Hagemann