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Earth, Form, and Memory: A Dialogue Across Cultures

Earth, Form, and Memory: A Dialogue Across Cultures

Exhibition

Historic Santa Fe Foundation, Santa Fe, NM

2025

Historic Santa Fe Foundation, Santa Fe, NM Partnership: Jacob Sisnores This exhibition, part of Metmar Studio’s work, explores earthen architecture as a shared language between regions and traditions. Centered on the historic Dar al-Islam formworks from Abiquiú, New Mexico, the project connects architectural practices from the Arab world and the American Southwest through tools of making: wooden molds, vaulting systems, and handmade adobe forms. Earth, Form, and Memory Bring together archival artifacts and newly crafted pieces and reinterprets the act of building as a cultural exchange. The exhibition reflects on how materials and craftsmanship carry memory across generations.

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Earthen arch and arched window at Dar al-Islam — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wooden formwork pieces laid out on a workshop bench — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wooden molds and tools on a crowded workbench — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Architectural elevation drawings of earthen vaults and domes — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Exhibition panel showing domed buildings and wooden formwork — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bilingual exhibition poster with wooden formwork mounted on an earthen wall — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wooden molds displayed on walls and tables in the exhibition gallery — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Rectangular wooden formworks arranged on a white gallery wall — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Gallery interior with wooden molds and a curved earthen display — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Interpretive panels above a wooden formwork — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wooden formworks on stands and mounted on the gallery wall — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Visitors gathered in the exhibition gallery — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Three visitors standing beside the exhibition displays — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Curved earthen display beneath wall-mounted wooden formworks — Earth, Form and Memory Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico



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