Aymen Gharbi is artistic director of INTERFERENCE Tunis in tandem with Bettina Pelz since 2016.
Aymen Gharbi is an architect and a curator. 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. 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).
EXHIBITIONS
Since 2017 | Houmt Souk (tn), SEE DJERBA
Since 2016 | Tunis (tn), INTERFERENCE
2013 – 2015 | Tunis (tn) | National Institute Of Heritage (INP)
TEACHING
Since 2020 | Sousse (tn), Academy of Fine Arts, Teaching Field: Curatorial Practice
Since 2019 | Tunis (tn), TASAWAR CURATORIAL STUDIOS, Teaching Field: Moving Between Languages
INSTITUTIONAL WORK
2010 – 2013 | Sidi Bou Said (tn)| National School Of Architecture And Urbanism (ENAU)
BIO
Since 2010 | Tunis (tn), Medina | Home
1989 | Born in Djerba (tn)
LINKS
aymengharbi.net
DOOLESHA
DOURA-FEL-HOUMA
DOOR-WAHDEK
PHOTO
Malika Hagemann