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    The JamJar

    http://www.thejamjardubai.com/

    Founded in 2005, thejamjar is a creative space that works to promote artists and support the development of Dubai’s arts scene through its extensive arts programme, educational initiatives, and community projects. The 4000 sq. ft. studio and project space offers the region’s first Public DIY Painting Studio alongside a year round exhibition and events calendar presenting a diverse range of art forms, including visual art, film, music, theatre and more.
    thejamjar has moulded itself to the needs of the community and prides itself on making art accessible to all creating a platform for dialogue and interaction amongst like-minded individuals, artists, writers and creators.
    Included in thejamjar’s extensive portfolio of services is art consulting and events organising for private and public art projects involving professional artists, collectives, schools, universities, non-for-profit and corporate organizations. thejamjar is also the creator and driving force behind ArtintheCity, an initiative committed to promoting arts in the region, and encompasses the ArtBus, www.artinthecity.com, and the publication of the UAE’s ArtMap.

    Bridget Walker

    The second iteration of the Eclipse Bureau presents at Dubai's Jamjar gallery a large-scale architectural installation and a multi-language survey, posing a question on the subject of existential risk: We are interested in what you consider to be the most imminent existential risk, please note this in the field provided below and any factors you think may contribute to it. Asked to participate in a survey conducted by the Eclipse Bureau, (http://www.study.eclipsebureau.fr) an independent research organisation founded by the artist, the question probed people to voice what they considered as the most impending, irreversible threat to humanity today. The far-reaching results are collated in Arabic and English at the Bureau's headquarters, temporarily installed in Dubai's Jamjar gallery.

    Bridget would like to thank the following people for their contributions:

    The Research
    Research Consultant - Sean Walker
    Research Assistant/Social Media Coordinator: Hiba AL-Midfa

    The Bureau
    Materials research & CAD Technician - Tristan Forward
    Panel Fabrication & Consultant - Castform
    Detail & Fabrication Consultant - Power to Make
    CNC Fabrication - Power to Make

    This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.