Whose Gaze Is It Anyway?
dal 1/9/2014 al 4/10/2014
Segnalato da
1/9/2014
Whose Gaze Is It Anyway?
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
The history of Arab pop culture through printed matter - posters, notebooks, diaries and book covers, as well as through film and video
An exhibition that looks at the history of Arab pop culture through printed matter - posters, notebooks, diaries and book covers, as well as through film and video. The inspiration behind this display began with the archive of Abboudi Bou Jaoudeh - a prolific collector whose underground treasure trove located in Beirut holds one of the vastest collections of Arab film memorabilia, from rare Arab film posters to cultural magazines published from the 1930s to the present day. At the ICA, rare film posters from the archive will be presented in Britain for the first time. These precious works from a golden age sit alongside a newly commissioned work by Sophia Al-Maria who presents an imaginary poster and sketchbook for her unmade film, Beretta, a rape-revenge thriller set in Cairo, which she has been attempting to produce over the past three years. Also from Bou Jaoudeh's archive is a specially curated selection of historic publications curated by Beirut and Amsterdam-based artist Mounira Al-Solh. These works are bookended by an exploration into different forms of cultural iconography. With films by Maha Maamoun and Raed Yassin. Curated by Omar Kholeif, this exhibition is part of Safar: The Festival of Popular Arab Cinema (19 - 25 Sep 2014).