Published in conjunction with the 3rd Riwaq Biennale in 2009, entitled 'A Geography: 50 Villages'. Focusing on 50 villages selected for their architectural significance in Palestine Territories, the 3rd Riwaq Biennale — curated by Charles Esche and Reem Radda — offers a platform for art projects, installations, discussions, workshops, and site visits, concerning the rehabilitation of the selected villages. It begins as a collateral event of the 53rd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, taking place in multiple locations in Palestine and Venice, from June to October 2009.
Geography 101: Riwaq | 50 Villages is the first of three volumes of the accompanying catalogues, featuring texts by Khalil Rabah, Suad Amiry, Nazmi Jubeh, Farhat Muhawi, Khaldun Bshara, Leila Shahid, Luisa Morgantini, and Johan Brisman, as well as postcard images of 50 Palestinian historical sites. Other volumes, entitled Geography 102: Biennale | Khalil Rabah and Geography 103: The 3rd Riwaq Biennale | To Continue are also available in the archive.
Onsite
Arabic, 
English
perennial exhibition,  architecture,  cultural heritage,  ruin,  group exhibition,  urbanism
2009
9789950303072
2
catalogue
3rd Riwaq Biennale - A Geography: 50 Villages - Khalil RABAH
Third Riwaq Biennale 2009: Venice-Palestine - Suad AMIRY
Fifty Villages... and more: The Protection of Rural Palestine - Nazmi JU'BEH
I Have a Dream; Riwaq - Farhat MUHAWI
Preserving the Contemporary: Palestine Refugee Camps - from Destiny to Destinations - Khaldun BSHARA
They Are Restoring Not Just Stones but Souls! - Leila SHAHID
The Power of Culture as a Mean of Achieving Political Gains - Luisa MORGANTINI
Riwaq and the Zionist Myth about the Land of Palestine - Johan BRISMAN
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