A large-scale, multi-floor site-specific installation transforming the architecture of Doha Design District into an alternative exhibition space for student work developed through artistic direction and curation in Drawing Studio at VCUarts Qatar.

Cultural Threads × Hooded Alchemy at Doha Design District brings together two ongoing artist-directed projects—each developed through research and experimentation in my Drawing Studio course—as a unified, site-specific installation commissioned by Doha Design District.

The work was installed across multiple floors of the building, including elevators, hallways, and shared public spaces. Rather than occupying a traditional gallery, the installation unfolds gradually through the architecture itself—turning corridors into curated sequences and circulation spaces into sites of visual engagement. Cultural Threads contributed large-scale graphic compositions drawn from students' cultural research, abstracted and extended into environmental-scale installations. Hooded Alchemy contributed custom falcon hoods and display objects reinterpreting falconry traditions through contemporary drawing and design. Together, the two projects created a layered dialogue between textile, craft, identity, and place—presented not as classroom exercises but as a cohesive exhibition authored through artistic direction, selection, and recomposition.

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