Region
Tunis
dates
2019
category
Our immersive experiences
Nakch Hdida is an original architectural video mapping creation inspired by the walls of the beylic palaces covered with chiselled plaster panels. This creation was projected onto the walls of the Place du Tribunal in the heart of the medina of Tunis during the 6th edition of the Art in the City Dream City festival.
Nakch Hdida is a visual installation that seeks to showcase Islamic art in Tunisia through new technologies, in this case augmented reality.
This creation aims to show how Muslim architecture deploys its classic geometric arabesque forms in combination with decorative elements such as stained glass windows.
The small windows cut and chiselled into plaster and then inlaid with pieces of coloured glass, known as ‘Chemmassiat’, are designed to let light into the heart of buildings while playing on the contrasts between light and shadow, hollow and empty spaces. This craft, which appeared in Mesopotamia, was introduced to Tunisia around the 9th century in Kairouan and flourished in Andalusia. It is considered a lost art, having left us with architectural gems.
Nakch Hdida is an experimental concept that presents light as an emblematic object of study for new technology. This light crystallises tensions between imagination and reason, between analytical knowledge and sensory experience, between demystifying clarity and phantasmagorical projection.
Concept: Hatem Drissi and Houssem Boukef
Mapping: Hiba Gharbi
Sound design: Jihed Khemri
