Saudi Arabia

Launched for the Biennale, The Um Slaim School is an organic evolution of these agential and experimental efforts: an alternative pedagogical initiative to be established in Riyadh which pilots a generational shift that critically reads the built environment and reimagines the unbuilt.
The project comprises three components: the exhibition, a programme of laboratorial and public sessions unfolding during the Biennale, and a concluding publication of collated outcomes intended as a proof of concept for concrete application post-Biennale.
The pavilion includes three new commissions by long-term collaborators of the Um Slaim Collective: a series by architecture photographer Laurian Ghinițoiu, a sonic scape by musician and composer Mohammed Alhamdan, and an installation by artist Maha Malluh.