Venue& Date: MUSAC, Leon July 6th; 5:00 pm – 9: 00 pm
Casa Árabe, Madrid July 9th and 10th; 7:30 pm- 9:30pm
Partnership: Delfina Foundation, Casa Árabe, MUSAC
Coordination: Arte Global
Program: Panel discussions and video art screening.
Curators: Elisa Hernando (Madrid, Spain, 1973), Ala Younis (Kuwait, 1974)
Artists: Ruanne Abou-Rahme (Boston, EEUU, 1983); Basel Abbas (Nicosia, Cyprus, 1983); Manal Al Dowayan (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, 1973); Ahmed Badry (Cairo, Egypt, 1979); Atef Berredjem (Annaba, Algeria, 1982); Mahmoud Bakhshi (Tehran, Iran, 1977); Waheeda Malullah (Al Muharraq, Bahrein, 1978); Amina Menia (Alger, Algeria, 1976); Asli Sungu (Istanbul, Turkey, 1975) and Fadi Yazigi (Latakia, Syria, 1966).
Exploring Paradigms: Genre, Modernity and Tradition, is a video art program with two panel discussions that will be held on July 6th 2012 at MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum in the city of Leon and on July 9th and 10th, 2012 at Casa Árabe in Madrid. This project is the result of a partnership between Delfina Foundation, MUSAC, Casa Árabe and is being produced by Arte Global.
The Middle East and North Africa’s rich cultural mosaic of civilizations and religions, political conflicts, identity, and overall, history continues to influence many contemporary artists as well as their artistic productions. The development and democratization of new technologies has allowed this generation of artists to present new discourses among social taboos and political changes.
This program, curated by Elisa Hernando and Ala Younis, gazed on two main subjects: women and identity, and the relationship between tradition and modernity. It will show the rich and complex Maghreb and Middle East´s scene through the works of Ruanne Abou-Rahme; Basel Abbas; Manal Al Dowayan; Ahmed Badry; Atef Berredjem; Mahmoud Bakhshi; Waheeda Malullah; Amina Menia; Asli Sungu and Fadi Yazigi.
Casa Árabe, Madrid July 9th and 10th; 7:30 pm- 9:30pm
Partnership: Delfina Foundation, Casa Árabe, MUSAC
Coordination: Arte Global
Program: Panel discussions and video art screening.
Curators: Elisa Hernando (Madrid, Spain, 1973), Ala Younis (Kuwait, 1974)
Artists: Ruanne Abou-Rahme (Boston, EEUU, 1983); Basel Abbas (Nicosia, Cyprus, 1983); Manal Al Dowayan (Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, 1973); Ahmed Badry (Cairo, Egypt, 1979); Atef Berredjem (Annaba, Algeria, 1982); Mahmoud Bakhshi (Tehran, Iran, 1977); Waheeda Malullah (Al Muharraq, Bahrein, 1978); Amina Menia (Alger, Algeria, 1976); Asli Sungu (Istanbul, Turkey, 1975) and Fadi Yazigi (Latakia, Syria, 1966).
Exploring Paradigms: Genre, Modernity and Tradition, is a video art program with two panel discussions that will be held on July 6th 2012 at MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum in the city of Leon and on July 9th and 10th, 2012 at Casa Árabe in Madrid. This project is the result of a partnership between Delfina Foundation, MUSAC, Casa Árabe and is being produced by Arte Global.
The Middle East and North Africa’s rich cultural mosaic of civilizations and religions, political conflicts, identity, and overall, history continues to influence many contemporary artists as well as their artistic productions. The development and democratization of new technologies has allowed this generation of artists to present new discourses among social taboos and political changes.
This program, curated by Elisa Hernando and Ala Younis, gazed on two main subjects: women and identity, and the relationship between tradition and modernity. It will show the rich and complex Maghreb and Middle East´s scene through the works of Ruanne Abou-Rahme; Basel Abbas; Manal Al Dowayan; Ahmed Badry; Atef Berredjem; Mahmoud Bakhshi; Waheeda Malullah; Amina Menia; Asli Sungu and Fadi Yazigi.