The rise of Covid-19 has forced cultural movements to explore alternative digital spaces with online exhibition and forums and a rise in virtual reality.
The Corona virus has led cultural institutions and galleries to close, but these virtual experiences can still enrich your life with art in the meantime
Mustafa Ali Gallery in Damascus has launched the project of “ Virtual Art forum” , with the aim of creating a cultural space that allows discovering locally new Syrian youth talents in plastic art.
The forum starting from the 15th of September maintains social distancing policy within the framework of the precautionary measures adopted to confront the CoronaVirus
The world Syrian sculptor Mustafa Ali said in a statement to SANA, “We launched the forum this year in its first session with the aim of reflecting the sophisticated civilized face of Syrian culture and arts in general and to attract the new generation of young Syrian plastic artists in order to raise their cultural, intellectual and artistic awareness.”
He underlined that the virtual art symposium 2020 will provide young participants with an opportunity to express their artistic visions within a wide platform globally to convey their message and enrich their experiences through exchanging their artistic expertise in addition to conveying a Syrian message to the world that Syria is still the center of art and culture.
A specialized committee including three accredited artists has been formed to select the participants .The deadline for participation in the virtual event expires on the 11th of September. The participants send their CV with some pictures of their artistic works to the gallery pages via social media.
Videos of the 20-25 artists participating in the ten-days forum are due to be broadcast while they are carrying out their artistic works at their homes or studios.
The accomplished artistic works during the virtual forum, according to sculptor Ali, will be displayed for two weeks at the gallery hall and on social media on the 28th of September , provided that at the end of the virtual forum , bronze shields will be distributed to the participants as a token of thanks to them.
Rawaa Ghanam