MAMA, Algiers
The Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art. Its role in the context of culture, city, and society.
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(…) Contrary to the majority of these cultural spaces which create the feeling of being cut off from their immediate environment due to barriers which are both physical and symbolic, MAMA, to which admission is free, is open to the world and to the street, which means it is open to Algiers and its residents; a museum of proximity, it inscribes itself on the urban map in an area of popular culture: from Bastion 23 (Palais des Raïs), the Casbah, and the National Theater, to the Algerian Cinema - all are situated on the same axis. MAMA’s space is conceived as an opening onto this highly trafficked and commercial urban route with large windows that allow the eye to directly penetrate the museum's interior; through its architecture and its innovative cultural programming, it becomes a real site of interpretation.
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The Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art. Its role in the context of culture, city, and society.