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MIA Instagram Meetup12 May 2014

#MIAINSTAMEETPRESENTATION BY MOHAMMED OSMAN AHMED

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Team MIA profileHadeel Al Mazeedi/ @hadeelalmazeediOsman Ahmed/ @osm4n

MIA SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINS• FACEBOOK• GOOGLE+• TWITTER• INSTAGRAM• YOUTUBE• FOURSQUARE

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Team MIA profile Roya Mai Souag/ Art Educator/Section Researcher

• GEOMETRY IS ONE OF THE THREE MAIN AREAS OF ISLAMIC ART WHICH ARE CALLIGRAPHY, BIOMORPHIC/ISLIMI AND GEOMETRY. YOU WILL OFTEN FIND ALL THREE OF THESE USED ON A SINGLE PIECE OF WORK.

• IN THE LANGUAGE OF SACRED ART WITHIN ISLAM, THERE ARE BROADLY TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF DESIGN. THERE ARE TESSELLATING/REPEATING SHAPES AND PATTERNS THAT ARE DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO COVER LARGE AREAS OF SPACE BUT ALSO TO IMPLY GOD’S INFINITE NATURE. THERE ARE ALSO CENTERED ROSETTES INTENDED TO CONVEY

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IDEAS ABOUT THE UNITY OF GOD.• ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING THINGS ABOUT ISLAMIC GEOMETRY IS

THAT THE LINES WE SEE ARE ONLY THE END OF THE STORY. THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF A GIVEN PIECE IS A GREAT DEAL MORE COMPLEX, RESULTING IN SUCH THINGS AS A PIECE THAT IS FOCUSED AROUND A 12-POINTED STAR, THAT IN REALITY REQUIRED THE ARTIST TO BREAK THE CIRCLE INTO 42.

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@MIAQatarThe MIA Instagram accountOFFICIAL HASHTAGS • #MIAQATAR –PHOTOS OF MIA• #MIAPARK – PHOTOS OF MIA PARK• #MIACAFE – PHOTOS OF MIA CAFÉ/ FOOD• #MUSEUMINSIDER – INSIDER PHOTOS TAKEN BY HADEEL • #MIABOC – PHOTOS OF CURRENT MIA EXHIBITION, BUILDING OUR

COLLECTION (BOC)

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Superuser MapMIA Instagram Photo Pin Map

• THE SUPERUSER GOOGLE MAP HAS BEEN UPDATED AND THE LINK IS AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND SHARE

• ADD THIS HASHTAG #MIAGMAP TO YOUR INSTAGRAM PHOTOS AND WE WILL UPDATE THIS MAP AND SHARE WITH THE MIA IGER COMMUNITY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

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IGER taskMonthly meetup themed task

• THEMED TASK FOR THE MONTH – GEOMETRIC SHAPES AT MIA, HASHTAG YOUR PHOTOS #MIAGEO

• LAST MONTH’S THEMED TASK OF THE MONTH WAS RICHARD SERRA’S ‘7’ (#SERRA7) IN MIA PARK.

• ADMIN CRITIQUE AND IGER DISCUSSION

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@ctmoretta @sh6r6r

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MIA Park WalkaboutGroup photo taking

• WALKABOUT MIA PARK FOR A GROUP PHOTO TAKING SESSION. SHARE POINTERS AND SOCIALISE

• THE NEXT #MIAINSTAMEET WILL BE ON MONDAY 16 JUNE @4PM, MIA LIBRARY.