MIA Instagram Meetup Presentation by Mohammed Osman Ahmed

1. mia.org.qa
MIA Instagram Meetup
12 May 2014
#MIAINSTAMEET
PRESENTATION BY MOHAMMED OSMAN AHMED

2. Museum of Islamic
Art
Team MIA profile
Hadeel Al Mazeedi/ @hadeelalmazeedi
Osman Ahmed/ @osm4n
MIA SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINS
• FACEBOOK
• GOOGLE+
• TWITTER
• INSTAGRAM
• YOUTUBE
• FOURSQUARE
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3. Museum of Islamic
Art
Team MIA profile
Roya Mai Souag/ Art Educator/Section Researcher
• GEOMETRY IS ONE OF THE THREE MAIN AREAS OF ISLAMIC ART WHICH
ARE CALLIGRAPHY, BIOMORPHIC/ISLIMI AND GEOMETRY. YOU WILL
OFTEN FIND ALL THREE OF THESE USED ON A SINGLE PIECE OF WORK.
• IN THE LANGUAGE OF SACRED ART WITHIN ISLAM, THERE ARE BROADLY
TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF DESIGN. THERE ARE
TESSELLATING/REPEATING SHAPES AND PATTERNS THAT ARE DESIGNED
NOT ONLY TO COVER LARGE AREAS OF SPACE BUT ALSO TO IMPLY GOD’S
INFINITE NATURE. THERE ARE ALSO CENTERED ROSETTES INTENDED TO
CONVEY
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4. Museum of Islamic
Art
IDEAS ABOUT THE UNITY OF GOD.
• ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING THINGS ABOUT ISLAMIC GEOMETRY IS
THAT THE LINES WE SEE ARE ONLY THE END OF THE STORY. THE
UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF A GIVEN PIECE IS A GREAT DEAL MORE
COMPLEX, RESULTING IN SUCH THINGS AS A PIECE THAT IS FOCUSED
AROUND A 12-POINTED STAR, THAT IN REALITY REQUIRED THE ARTIST
TO BREAK THE CIRCLE INTO 42.
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5. Museum of Islamic
Art
@MIAQatar
The MIA Instagram account
OFFICIAL HASHTAGS
• #MIAQATAR –PHOTOS OF MIA
• #MIAPARK – PHOTOS OF MIA PARK
• #MIACAFE – PHOTOS OF MIA CAFÉ/ FOOD
• #MUSEUMINSIDER – INSIDER PHOTOS TAKEN BY HADEEL
• #MIABOC – PHOTOS OF CURRENT MIA EXHIBITION, BUILDING OUR
COLLECTION (BOC)
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6. Museum of Islamic
Art
Superuser Map
MIA Instagram Photo Pin Map
• THE SUPERUSER GOOGLE MAP HAS BEEN UPDATED AND THE LINK IS
AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND SHARE
• ADD THIS HASHTAG #MIAGMAP TO YOUR INSTAGRAM PHOTOS AND WE
WILL UPDATE THIS MAP AND SHARE WITH THE MIA IGER COMMUNITY
ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
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7. Museum of Islamic
Art
IGER task
Monthly meetup themed task
• THEMED TASK FOR THE MONTH – GEOMETRIC SHAPES AT MIA,
HASHTAG YOUR PHOTOS #MIAGEO
• LAST MONTH’S THEMED TASK OF THE MONTH WAS RICHARD SERRA’S
‘7’ (#SERRA7) IN MIA PARK.
• ADMIN CRITIQUE AND IGER DISCUSSION
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8. Museum of Islamic
Art
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@krishnanpa @3ab6b6 @justrabia
@ctmoretta @sh6r6r

9. Museum of Islamic
Art
MIA Park Walkabout
Group photo taking
• WALKABOUT MIA PARK FOR A GROUP PHOTO TAKING SESSION. SHARE
POINTERS AND SOCIALISE 
• THE NEXT #MIAINSTAMEET WILL BE ON MONDAY 16 JUNE @4PM, MIA
LIBRARY.
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