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Khaled Malas

{{Short description|Syrian architect and art historian (born 1981)}}

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Khaled Malas ({{langx|ar|خالد ملص}}){{Cite web|url=https://www.eastjournal.net/archives/73256|title=SIRIA: L'architettura secondo Khaled Malas, atto di resistenza creativa|first=Francesca La|last=Vigna|date=June 12, 2016}} is a Syrian architect and art historian. He is principal and co-founder of the Sigil Collective,{{cite web | url=https://cooper.edu/architecture/people/khaled-malas | title=Khaled Malas }}{{cite news | url=https://www.corriere.it/cultura/18_giugno_19/xxii-triennale-di-milano-2019-64b6338e-73ed-11e8-ab58-f8ac6497bfa0.shtml | title=XXII Triennale di Milano 2019 | newspaper=Corriere della Sera | date=19 June 2018 }} alongside Salim al-Kadi, Alfred Tarazi and Jana Traboulsi.{{cite web|url=http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/people/sigil|title=Sigil|publisher=Sharjah Art Foundation|website=sharjahart.org|access-date=19 March 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144059/http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/people/sigil|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/battlefield-architecture-2/|title=Battlefield Architecture|last=Johnson|first=Phyllis Berman-|date=2 June 2016|work=Forbes Middle East|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143738/https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/battlefield-architecture-2/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://archinect.com/features/article/149970171/a-well-a-windmill-a-mirror-sigil-s-real-and-symbolic-interventions-in-syria|title=A well, a windmill, a mirror: Sigil's real and symbolic interventions in Syria|first=Nicholas |last=Korody|date=September 27, 2016|work=Archinect|publisher=|access-date= 6 April 2018}}

Malas studied architecture at the American University of Beirut{{cite web|url=http://alumni.aub.edu.lb/s/1716/index.aspx?pgid=523&gid=2&cid=2247|title=Alumni in the News|publisher=American University of Beirut Office of Alumni Relations|access-date=6 April 2018}} and at Cornell University.{{cite web|url=http://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/31473/Exhibiting-the-War-in-Syria-Interview-with-Khaled-Malas |title=Exhibiting the War in Syria: Interview with Khaled Malas |date=November 13, 2014|first=Mona|last=Harb |website=Jadaliyya - جدلية|access-date=6 April 2018}} He is currently a doctoral candidate in medieval Islamic Art History at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.{{cite web|url=https://www.harvardarabweekend.com/speakers|title=Harvard Arab Weekend 2016|website=Harvard Arab Weekend 2016|access-date=2018-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140219/https://www.harvardarabweekend.com/speakers|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}[https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/people/phdstudents.htm PhD Students]New York University {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005239/https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/people/phdstudents.htm |date=27 June 2018 }} Prior to joining the Institute, he was an architect at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Herzog & de Meuron.

His work has been widely exhibited and published. Sigil's work has also been shown around the world including in Venice,{{Cite web|url=https://www.artribune.com/progettazione/architettura/2014/09/la-siria-in-un-pozzo-alla-biennale-di-architettura/|title=La Siria in un pozzo. Alla Biennale di Architettura | Artribune|first=Lorenza|last=Pignatti|date=September 21, 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/31263|title=Excavating the Sky|first=Jadaliyya-|last=جدلية|website=Jadaliyya - جدلية}} Oslo, Annandale-on-Hudson,{{cite web|url=http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/no-to-the-invasion-breakdowns-and-side-effects/|title=CCS Bard - No to the Invasion:Breakdowns and Side Effects|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=2018-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184941/https://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/no-to-the-invasion-breakdowns-and-side-effects/|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bard.edu/ccs/khaled-malas/|title=CCS Bard - Khaled Malas|website=www.bard.edu|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234744/https://www.bard.edu/ccs/khaled-malas/|archive-date=2018-04-03|url-status=dead}} Beirut,{{cite web|url=https://sursock.museum/content/fruit-sleep|title=Fruit of Sleep - Sursock Museum|website=sursock.museum|date=14 October 2017 }} Dubai, Marrakech,{{cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/296474/tracing-the-contours-of-power-at-the-marrakech-biennale/|title=Tracing the Contours of Power at the Marrakech Biennale|date=6 May 2016|publisher=}} and Milan. He has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), and at Columbia University's Columbia Global Center/Studio-X in Amman, where he led the second Janet Abu Lughod seminar, which focused on Qusayr Amra.{{cite web|url=https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/second-janet-abu-lughod-seminar-led-khaled-malas|title=Newsletter: The Second Janet Abu-Lughod Seminar, Led by Khaled Malas - Columbia Global Centers|website=globalcenters.columbia.edu}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/qusayr-amra-lens-production-early-islamic-art-architecture-%E2%80%94-scholar|title=Qusayr Amra a lens onto production of early Islamic art, architecture — scholar|work=Jordan Times |date=4 September 2017|publisher=}} Malas has also taught on Medieval magic at New York University,{{cite web | url=https://gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty/km3290.html | title=Khaled Malas > Faculty > People > NYU Gallatin }}{{cite web | url=https://gallatin.nyu.edu/academics/courses/2022/FA/idsem-ug2117_001.html | title=Medieval Mediterranean Technologies of 'Magic' > Courses > Academics > NYU Gallatin }} Arabic literature at the Cooper Union,{{cite web | url=https://cooper.edu/academics/people/khaled-malas | title=Khaled Malas }}{{cite web | url=https://cooper.edu/architecture/people/khaled-malas#/gallery/0 | title=Khaled Malas }} and art and design history at the Pratt Institute.{{cite web | url=https://www.pratt.edu/people/khaled-malas/ | title=Khaled Malas }}

Malas is a member of the Arab Image Foundation's General Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.fai.org.lb/Template.aspx?id=4|title=Governance|publisher=Arab Image Foundation|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326122352/http://www.fai.org.lb/Template.aspx?id=4|archive-date=26 March 2018|url-status=dead}}{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Works

  • The Longest Words: Three Talismans for Conditioning the Air (2024), “And from my heart I blow kisses to the sea and houses” {{cite web | url=https://cooper.edu/architecture/people/khaled-malas#/gallery/0 | title=Khaled Malas }}

Works as Sigil

  • Excavating the Sky, The 14th International Architecture Exhibition: "Fundamentals: Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014". Directed by Rem Koolhaas, 2014{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/213540|title=البندقية: خالد ملص منقّباً عن سوريا في السماء}}{{cite journal|url=https://frieze.com/article/productive-anguish|title=Productive Anguish|journal=Frieze|date=31 October 2014|issue=167|last1=Wilson-Goldie|first1=Kaelen}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/540032/excavating-the-sky-syria-s-contemporary-landscape-at-monditalia|title=Excavating the Sky: Syria's Contemporary Landscape at Monditalia|date=22 August 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/540032/excavating-the-sky-syria-s-contemporary-landscape-at-monditalia/53f526d7c07a80388e0005dd-excavating-the-sky-syria-s-contemporary-landscape-at-monditalia-image|title = Gallery of Excavating the Sky: Syria's Contemporary Landscape at Monditalia - 1}}
  • Current Power in Syria, The 6th Marrakech International Biennale: "Not New Now". Curated by Reem Fadda, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/world/marrakech-art-of-the-red-city-34532589.html|title=Marrakech: Art of the Red City - Independent.ie|date=14 March 2016 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/45400-the-6th-marrakech-biennale-thinks-beyond-the-new-with-a-critical-look-at-the-present|title=The 6th Marrakech Biennale Thinks Beyond the "New" with a Critical Look at the Present - ArtSlant|website=ArtSlant|access-date=2018-03-18|archive-date=2019-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311235013/https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/45400-the-6th-marrakech-biennale-thinks-beyond-the-new-with-a-critical-look-at-the-present|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.flashartonline.com/2016/03/marrakech-biennale-2016/|title=Marrakech Biennale 2016|date=4 March 2016|publisher=|access-date=25 March 2018|archive-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703133919/https://www.flashartonline.com/2016/03/marrakech-biennale-2016/|url-status=dead}}
  • Monuments of the Everyday, Oslo arkitekturtriennale: "After Belonging". Curated by After Belonging, 2016 {{Cite web|url=http://oslotriennale.no/en/events/exhibition-on-residence|title=Exhibition: On Residence}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Monuments of the Everyday, CCS Bard Galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson: "No to the Invasion: From the Archive". Curated by Fawz Kabra and Tarek al-Ariss, 2017{{cite web |url=https://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/no-to-the-invasion-breakdowns-and-side-effects/ |title=CCS Bard {{!}} No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects |website=www.bard.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321212758/http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/no-to-the-invasion-breakdowns-and-side-effects/ |archive-date=2017-03-21}}
  • #therevolutionisamirror, Concrete (Alserkal Avenue), Dubai: "Syria: Into the Light". Curated by Mouna Atassi, 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.atassifoundation.com/projects/syria-into-the-light/installation-views?view=slider#2|title=Syria: Into the Light - Projects - Atassi Foundation|website=www.atassifoundation.com}}
  • Electric Resistance — Monument to a Destroyed Windmill, Sharjah Biennial 13: "Fruits of Sleep" Sursock Museum, Beirut. Curated by Christine Tohme and Reem Fadda, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://universes.art/sharjah-biennial/2017/beirut/fruit-of-sleep/sigil/|title = Sigil. Fruit of Sleep, Beirut 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://frieze.com/article/postcard-beirut-3|title = Postcard from Beirut|date = 20 October 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://artasiapacific.com/Blog/ToTheNearestHeterotopiaSharjahBiennial13ActIIPart2 |title=ArtAsiaPacific: To The Nearest Heterotopia Sharjah Biennial13 Act Ii Part2 |website=artasiapacific.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117162141/http://artasiapacific.com/Blog/ToTheNearestHeterotopiaSharjahBiennial13ActIIPart2 |archive-date=2017-11-17}}
  • Birdsong, XXII Esposizione Internazionale 12: "Broken Nature" La Triennale di Milano, Milan. Curated by Paola Antonelli, 2019{{Cite web|url=http://www.brokennature.org/checklist/|title = Checklist}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.internimagazine.com/last_news/news_agenda/broken-nature/ |title=Broken Nature – Interni Magazine |access-date=2019-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328011117/http://www.internimagazine.com/last_news/news_agenda/broken-nature/ |archive-date=2019-03-28 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90280777/moma-curator-we-will-become-extinct-we-need-to-design-an-elegant-ending|title=MoMA curator: "[Humanity] will become extinct. We need to design an elegant ending"|date=8 January 2019}}C. Davidson "Paola Antonelli on Broken Nature" Log (magazine) (Winter/Spring 2019) page 51{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNJ08ya_Lk|title=Broken Nature Portrait #2: Sigil Collective|website=YouTube|date=7 June 2019 }}

Selected awards and honors

  • 2015: 'The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture Visual Arts Grant'{{cite web|url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/grantees/grantee.php?id=641|title=AFAC :: GRANTEES|website=www.arabculturefund.org|access-date=2018-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064131/https://www.arabculturefund.org/grantees/grantee.php?id=641|archive-date=2018-03-26|url-status=dead}}
  • 2016: 'Distinguished Young Alumni Award of the Architecture & Design Department, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Awarded in recognition of interdisciplinary creativity and activism.{{cite web|url=https://feaweb.aub.edu.lb/feasac/15/program/FEASAC15thBook.pdf|title=AUB - FEA Student and Alumni Conference - Program Book|publisher=|access-date=6 March 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064410/https://feaweb.aub.edu.lb/feasac/15/program/FEASAC15thBook.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Selected writing

  • 2016: "Monuments of the Everyday" ‘After Belonging: The Objects, Spaces, and Territories of the Ways We Stay in Transit’ by Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Ignacio G. Galán, Carlos Mínguez Carrasco, Alejandra Navarrete Llopis, and Marina Otero (eds.)(Zurich: Lars Muller, 2016)
  • 2016: "Review: Pattern, Color, Light: Architectural Ornament in the Near East (500–1000)," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 75 No. 2 (2016): pp. 238–239
  • 2017: "The body, writhing in pain, sits before an intoxicated audience" ‘No to the Invasion: Breakdown and Side-effects’ edited by Fawz Kabra (Annandale-on-Hudson: CCS Bard, 2017)
  • 2018: A Cenotaph Broken Nature website[http://www.brokennature.org/a-cenotaph/ A Cenotaph Broken Nature website]

Further reading

  • Watenpaugh Heghnar Zeitlian, “Cultural Heritage and the Arab Spring: War over Culture, Culture of War, and Culture War,” "International Journal of Islamic Architecture 5" (2016): pp. 245–63
  • العربي الجديذ - خالد ملص: بحثاً عن عمارة الناس{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B5-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3|title=خالد ملص: بحثاً عن عمارة الناس|website=alaraby.co.uk |last1=Hadji |first1=Mohamed }}
  • Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen "Practical Magic: Can Art Make a Difference in Assad Syria?," Bookforum(Apr/May 2017): pp. 42–43
  • فوّاز طرابلسي "حفريات السماء - حفريات الأرض" دم الأخوين: العنف في الحروب الأهليّة (بيروت: رياض الريّس للكتب و النشر, 2017), pp. 207–227
  • Kafka, George "Active Witness", Icon Architecture and Design Culture (May 2019); pp. 52–60
  • Davidson, Cynthia "Paola Antonelli on Broken Nature", Log (Winter/Spring 2019); page 51
  • Roche, Daniel “The Chicago Architecture Biennial’s fifth iteration, embodies the “beauty and horror” of our global moment, The Architect’s Newspaper November 9, 2023

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