The Iraqui equation
dal 16/12/2005 al 25/2/2006
Segnalato da
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
16/12/2005
The Iraqui equation
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Exhibition, readings and round tables. The dramatic situation the country is living through is no reason to ignore the creative achievements, ideas, and difficulties that have shaped Iraqi culture in the past decades. A forum for creative Iraqis who worked and work in the country itself or in exile: writers and poets, filmmakers, photographers and artists, experts and political analysts, but also a few foreign Iraq specialists. A project directed by Catherine David
Exhibition, readings and round tables
The images and news that have reached us since the Gulf War, since the invasion and occupation of Iraq, depict the extremely complex political, but also cultural and social situation of the country in extremely simplified form. But the dramatic situation the country is living through is no reason to ignore the creative achievements, ideas, and difficulties that have shaped Iraqi culture in the past decades - a period upon which the revolution, political violence, and finally the consolidation of the dictatorship have left their stamp.
Since the end of the 1950s, Iraqi culture has been characterized by several phases of short, long, or sometimes permanent exile, by the growth of a vast, worldwide diaspora, and by the constrained development of artistic creation in the country itself. It is high time to confront with each other the various discourses and positions that have developed differently in Iraq and abroad, in order to map out the tensions and antagonisms resulting from this special situation. To this end, it seemed important to us to provide a forum for creative Iraqis who worked and work in the country itself or in exile: writers and poets, filmmakers, photographers and artists, experts and political analysts, but also a few foreign Iraq specialists, whose analyses contribute to a better understanding of the problems that led to the current situation.
With Sinan Antoon / Arab Image Foundation / Fadhil Al-Azzawi / Fernando Ba'ez / Shimon Ballas / Hana Al-Bayaty / Sargon Boulus / Sawsan Darwaza / Tariq Hashim / Koutaiba Al-Janabi / Nedim Kufi / Faisel Laibi / Gema Marti'n Munoz / Maysoon Pachachi / Salam Pax / Haris Pellapaisiotis / Oday Rasheed / Talal Refit / Samir / Baz Shamoun / Samuel Shimon / Hushim Al-Tawil / Saadi Youssef and others.
Accompanying programme at KW:
Saturday, December 17, 2005
5 - 9 pm
Opening
7.30 pm Poetry Reading by Fadhil Al-Azzawi, Sargon Boulus and Saadi Youssef
Sunday, December 18, 2005
4 - 6 pm
Literature and Culture in the 60's and 70's in Iraq
Round table with Sargon Boulus, Saadi Youssef, Faisel Laibi and others.
7 - 11 pm
Gema Marti'n Munoz - "Policy and Occupation in Iraq"
Hana Al-Bayaty - Presentation of her film “On Democracy in Iraq", Al-Bayaty’s activity at the BRussells Tribunal, investigating the crimes of the occupation, and a presentation of film material recently shot in Falluja.
Friday, February 24, 2006
7 - 11 pm
Fernando Ba'ez - “The Destruction of The Cultural Patrimony in Iraq"
Hashim Al-Tawil - “Art in Time of War: The Political Fate of Modern Iraqi Public Monuments after the US Invasion"
Sinan Antoon - “Debris and Diaspora: Iraqi Culture Now"
Saturday, February 25, 2006
7 - 10 pm
Contemporary Iraqi Literature
Carte Blanche to Samuel Shimon and Banipal. With Fadhil Al-Azzawi, Shimon Ballas and others.
Homage to Samir Naqqash
Launch of Banipalreview, winter issue
CONTEMPORARY ARAB REPRESENTATIONS. THE IRAQI EQUATION is a project directed by Catherine David, organised and produced by KW Institute for Contemporary Art and the Fundacio' Antoni Ta'pies, Barcelona, in cooperation with Arteleku-Diputacio'n Foral de Gipuzkoa and Universidad Internacional de Andaluci'a-UNIA arteypensamiento. THE IRAQI EQUATION is made possible through the support of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) and the Ministerio de Cultura de Espana. With additional support from Juan Lucas Young / sauerbruch hutton architects, Al-Kamel Verlag, Schiler Verlag and Banipal magazine. A supplement to the accompanying programme takes place at Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) on January 20 and 21, 2006 under the title MIDDLE EAST NEWS.
THE IRAQI EQUATION is a part of CONTEMPORARY ARAB REPRESENTATIONS a long term project directed by Catherine David, organised and produced by Fundacio' Antoni Ta'pies, Barcelaona, Arteleku-Diputacio'n Foral de Gipuzkoa and Universidad Internacional de Andaluci'a-UNIA arteypensamiento.
Catherine David is a Fellow of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
Image: Latif el Ani Picnic of El Ani family 40km north of Baghdad, Iraq, 1969 Collection AIF / Latif el Ani, Arab Image Foundation
Press Conference: December 16, 2005, 11 am, Front house
Opening: December 17, h 5 - 9 pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststrasse 69 - Berlin
Hours: Tue - Sun 12 - 7 pm, Thur 12 - 9 pm
Admission: 6 Euro, 4 Euro reduced rate