Cairo. Open City
dal 17/10/2012 al 24/11/2012
Segnalato da
Peter van Agtmael
Lara Baladi
Kaya Behkalam
Taha Belal
Denis Dailleux
Osama Dawod
Kaya Bekhalam
Johanna Domke
Marouan Omara
Hala Elkoussy
Mohamed Ezz
Nermine Hammam
Ahmed Kamel
Nadine Khan
Alex Majoli
Jasmina Metwaly
Chris Michalski
Sebastian Stumpf
Philip Rizk
Florian Ebner
Constanze Wicke
17/10/2012
Cairo. Open City
Museum The Kennedys, Berlin
New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution. The exhibition provides an insight into the freedom movements in the Arab world and at the same time writes a new chapter in the history of images. Part of the 5th European Month of Photography Berlin.
Curators Florian Ebner and Constanze Wicke
The exhibition Cairo. Open City tells two stories. The first reports on the political and social upheaval of a young generation, which began on 25 January 2011 with the mass protests on Tahrir Square in Cairo and continues until today. The second deals with the role of images and digital media, which to a certain extent initiate these protests and documented them.
Cairo: Open City is based on different practices in time-based media: the photos of photojournalists, scenes recorded by activists and the documents collected by artists. In the digital age and within the specific context of the Egyptian revolution, this testimony of images faces new challenges and opportunities: the omnipresent eye of digital devices, new distribution channels and alternative reporters.
The exhibition provides an insight into the freedom movements in the Arab world and at the same time writes a new chapter in the history of images. In the exhibition, the work Excursions in the Dark (2011) by Kaya Behkalam, which is part of the European project distURBANces, is presented.
Artists: Peter van Agtmael, Lara Baladi, Kaya Behkalam, Taha Belal, Denis Dailleux, Osama Dawod, Kaya Bekhalam, Johanna Domke & Marouan Omara, Hala Elkoussy, Mohamed Ezz, Nermine Hammam, Ahmed Kamel, Nadine Khan, Alex Majoli, Jasmina Metwaly, Chris Michalski & Sebastian Stumpf, Philip Rizk, photojournalists of the El Shorouk newspaper, innumerable activists and “citizen journalists” from Tahrir Square.
Part of the European Month of Photography Berlin 2012
With a framework program of lectures, podium discussions, lecture performances and talks, further thematic points will be emphasised in the Festival Centre.
Image: Jonathan Rashad
A catalogue is published in connection with the exhibition.
Cairo. Open City - New Testimonies from an Ongoing Revolution is a cooperation with the Museum für Photographie Braunschweig and funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
The 5th European Month of Photography Berlin is a project of Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH
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Vernissage 18.10.2012 8:00 pm
Former Museum The Kennedys
Pariser Platz 4A 10117 Berlin (Mitte)
Hours: Tue - Sun 11 - 19 h
entrance free