Alserkal Avenue to welcome the new season during Alserkal Lates on 30 September 2019
Alserkal Avenue will kick off the new season on 30 September during Alserkal Lates with 10 new concepts opening their doors, the contemporary dance performance WRECK – List of Extinct Species in Concrete, and new exhibitions at the district’s contemporary art galleries. The 60+ concepts in Alserkal Avenue will stay open late from 6-10PM, inviting the public to join them in celebrating a new season of art, culture, and entertainment.
The Alserkal Avenue creative community grows
Ten new concepts have opened their doors in Alserkal Avenue since the spring, further growing and diversifying the district’s cultural offering. Âme Studio, Chalk, Cyacle (acquired by Careem), Electric Lime Films, Italian Shoe Factory, KAVE, Shimis Yoga, Society Motors, Tamashee, and Wisdom Warehouse, have joined the 500,000-square-foot cultural district, a vibrant community of visual and performing arts organisations, designers, and artisanal spaces that have become an essential platform for the development of the creative industries in the UAE.
“The original concepts opening in Alserkal Avenue add a new dimension to our vibrant community of creative homegrown entrepreneurs — a place where we continue to take a risk on the risk-takers,” says Vilma Jurkute, Alserkal Director. “The new homegrown businesses continue to challenge and disrupt industries through a new way of thinking that is spearheaded by passionate entrepreneurs who collectively contribute to the growing creative economy of Dubai, and the region.”
Chalk (Warehouse 63), the brainchild of Emirati entrepreneur Anas Bukhash, is a unisex beauty salon, and will offer a range of grooming services for both men and women. Shimis Yoga (Warehouse 42), founded by Simona Stanton, will add to the district’s wellness offering.
The family-run Italian Shoe Factory (Warehouse 9) is the foremost manufacturer of custom-made shoes worldwide, offering services to both brands and individual clients. Society Motors (Warehouse 67) is the UAE’s sole distributor of Piaggio automobiles, Europe’s largest scooter and motorcycle manufacturer, is the world leader in light motor vehicles including Ape, Vespa, Moto Guzzi, and encourages clients to customise vehicles to make them eco-friendly.
KAVE is an upcycling café concept founded by Rania and Zeina Kanaan, the sisters behind Charicyles. The space is also a fair trade boutique and guitar shop, and hosts workshops. Wisdom Warehouse (Warehouse 61) is a creative hub for children, offering hands-on activities and innovative learning methods through original clubs and workshops.
Floral studio Âme (Warehouse 81) is a retail, café, and workshop space. High-end regional footwear brand Tamashee (Warehouse 59) has transformed its warehouse takeover space in Alserkal Avenue into a multi-purpose concept where visitors can shop, indulge in Saudi speciality coffee, or take part in art workshops.
Bikeshare operator Cyacle (Warehouse 30), which was recently acquired by Careem, extend their reach by opening a Dubai office in Alserkal Avenue, as has boutique film house Electric Lime Films (Warehouse 60), which opened its doors in The Yard.
Contemporary dance performance | WRECK-List of Extinct Species
WRECK-List of Extinct Species will take the stage at Concrete on 30 September and
1 October, inviting audiences to experience an evocative interdisciplinary performance that combines movement, sound, and visual art. Directed by Pietro Marullo of the Insiemi Irreali dance company, WRECK features a specially-commissioned large-scale soft sculpture that moves across the stage like a hunter, gently swallowing and spitting human beings out. The sculpture is an allegory for legendary sea monsters, capitalism, and the human condition, among other potential conceptual interpretations.
Early bird tickets, priced at AED135, go on sale from 20-26 August. Regular tickets are priced at AED150, and the performance starts at 8.30PM, with doors opening at 8PM.
New exhibitions at contemporary art galleries
1x1 Art Gallery, Ayyam Gallery, Carbon 12, Custot Gallery Dubai, d.Academy, Elmarsa Gallery, FN Designs, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Green Art Gallery, Grey Noise, Gulf Photo Plus, Ishara Art Foundation, Jean-Paul Najar Foundation, Lawrie Shabibi, Leila Heller Gallery, Showcase Gallery, The Third Line, and Zayed University Urban Satellite Space (ZUUSS), will unveil new shows to the public on 30 September, and will open their doors from 6-10PM for Alserkal Lates.
1x1 Art Gallery
Alaa Edris
Unreal. Unseen. Untouched
Carbon 12
Sarah Almehairi
Between
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh, Hesam Rahmanian
Green Art Gallery
Afra Aldhaheri, Ali Kazma, Hale Tenger, Heidi Bucher, Shadi Habib Allah
Avoid Bad Dreams
Grey Noise
Fazal Rizvi
How do we remember?
Gulf Photo Plus
The Arab Street, Vol. II
Ishara Art Foundation
Body Building
Jean-Paul Najar Foundation
Exhibition marking 100 years of Bauhaus
Lawrie Shabibi
Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind
Showcase Gallery
Dominic Benhura
The Third Line
Farah Al Qasimi
The Arrival
Alserkal Lates on 30 September is free and open to all, and we encourage the public to join us for our season opener to meet the inspirational creatives behind the new concepts opening in Alserkal Avenue, reconnect with our community following the summer break, engage with the compelling new art exhibitions at the contemporary art galleries, and to catch a performance of WRECK-List of Extinct Species at Concrete.
Press enquiries:
Rania Habib
rania@alserkalavenue.ae
+97150 100 1105
About Alserkal
Founded by Emirati businessman and patron, Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal, in 2007, Alserkal is a socially responsible cultural enterprise, which is deeply engaged with the arts locally, regionally and internationally. Through Alserkal Avenue, its renowned cultural district of contemporary art galleries, non-profit organisations and homegrown businesses, Alserkal has cultivated a creative economy in Dubai, supporting cultural production and spearheading disruptive business models, including the OMA-designed Concrete, a state-of-the-art exhibitions and alternative space. In addition, Alserkal supports public art commissions, residencies, research grants and educational programmes through its non-profit, Alserkal Arts Foundation.
About Alserkal Avenue
Established in 2008 by Alserkal, Alserkal Avenue is a renowned cultural district of contemporary art galleries, non-profit organisations and homegrown businesses in the Al Quoz industrial area of Dubai. Alserkal Avenue is a vibrant community of visual and performing arts organisations, designers, and artisanal spaces that have become an essential platform for the development of the creative industries in the United Arab Emirates. As one of the region’s foremost platforms for contemporary art, Alserkal Avenue provides cultural experiences for local, regional and international audiences. Alserkal Avenue features Concrete, a multi-disciplinary space conceptualised and programmed by Alserkal.
Concrete was inaugurated in 2017 as the first building in the UAE to be completed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas, and is an adaptable venue whose ability to metamorphose to bring creative visions to life makes it suitable for international, museum-grade exhibitions as well as events across art, design, fashion and the performing arts. Concrete was shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
About Alserkal Arts Foundation
The Alserkal Arts Foundation supports socially engaged, multi-disciplinary practices and facilitates cross-cultural exchange through its four core initiatives: public art commissions, residencies, research grants and educational programmes. The Foundation offers cultural practitioners – either based in Dubai, or whose practice critically investigates themes pertinent to the region’s artistic community – opportunities for research, scholarship, and artistic production. All of Alserkal Arts Foundation’s activities are supported by Alserkal, an Emirati family business spearheaded by Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal.