‘Imprints in a Changing World’ — highlights from the 9th cycle of Misk Art Institute’s residency program

RIYADH: Selected artists from the ninth cycle of Misk Art Institute’s residency program in Saudi Arabia discuss their work. Sarah Aljohani ‘When Mud Whispers’ A native of the Saudi coastal city of Yanbu Al-Nakhil, Aljohani has extensive experience of restoring and building traditional mud-brick houses, and she continued that practice during her residency, researching various schools of thought about restoring buildings, from remaining entirely faithful to the original to starting from scratch and modernizing, to a middle ground that uses both traditional and modern techniques.