BRIDGE OF INSTINCT ● In Conversation with Mariam El Gendy

Athens Design Forum invites Egyptian photographer Mariam El Gendy for an in-depth feature on her personal observations – a sensory continuum where architectural structures wrought with visible labor systems, born out of improvisation, become central protagonists. In an anthropological and deeply critical approach, El Gendy deciphers a longitude of belonging where she discerns, “I’ve always felt that when a subject engages with their surroundings, they shape the image themselves.” Across sites such as playgrounds, parks, urban highways, markets, and clinics – we witness Egypt’s transcending pulse and a means to reconcile with the bridge of instinct.