For “The Near and the Elsewhere”, the Institute for Worldmaking (IWM) presents the second iteration of its pavilion—following its debut at Home Works Forum 9 at the Sursock Museum in Beirut—as an interactive, cumulative space for exchange and mutual learning. This spatial intervention transforms Thkio Ppalies into a living site for dialogue, with artifacts designed for gathering, reading, and conversation.

Throughout the program, the pavilion will host a projection of “Dua Express”, published by IWM’s Lab for Mythology and Alternative Intelligence, alongside contributions from Nicosia-based artists and collectives who will deposit publications in conversation with the ongoing events. Conceived as a porous index, the pavilion grows through participation, holding traces of the encounters that unfold within it.

Raafat Majzoub is the Director of the Institute for Worldmaking and a lecturer in the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the “Dongola Architecture Series”, co-editor of “Beyond Ruins” (Architangle) and “Design to Live” (MIT Press), and co-founder of the award-winning magazine “The Outpost”. Majzoub exhibits and lectures internationally, most recently in Sharjah (SB16, April Acts, Alternative School), Beirut (Home Works Forum 9, Beirut Art Center), and Nicosia (“Othoni”).