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A Dubai hotel is exhibiting images created
from wire.
The exhibition shows artwork created by
Mira Mortada who captured the features of
15 people, some real and some imaginary,
in a series of metal wire portraits.
Each portrait is created from a single piece
of wire, intricately twisted to show a human
face.
The exhibition’s title is Ashkal, the plural of
the Arabic word “shakl” meaning shapes or
forms.
Mira Mortada is a Lebanese artist who
started her career in Dubai working in
advertising, publishing and branding.
She was art editor at Brownbook magazine
before starting Ashkal Artworks, her series of
framed metal wire portraits. She currently
works as a freelance graphic designer and
illustrator.
In mid-February Envirotek, together
with an international team of experts,
successfully deployed a Schottel Instream
Turbine (SIT) in the waters off the Sentosa
Boardwalk in Singapore, to showcase
the viability of tidal energy in the region.
Envirotek, a Singapore-based clean
technology investment company, aspires
to lead tidal in-stream energy projects in
southeast Asia.
“This demonstration is about using
appropriate technologies in suitable
locations to address real energy needs [in]
southeast Asia. We are keen to develop
projects that involve marine renewable
energy — a resource that is yet to be
tapped effectively in the region,” said
Jefferson Cheng, chairman and founder
of Envirotek Pte Ltd.
Dr Michael Lochinvar Sim Abundo, MD
of OceanPixel Pte Ltd, noted that ocean
renewable energy is not currently in the
energy mix in southeast Asia.
OceanPixel Pte Ltd, a spin-off company
from the Energy Research Institute at
Nanyang
Technological
University,
Singapore, was chosen to manage the
project on behalf of Envirotek Pte Ltd.
Art in wire
Tidal turbine test
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