Selfpotrait
dal 5/7/2006 al 6/8/2006
Segnalato da
5/7/2006
Selfpotrait
Bethlehem International Center, Bethlehem
More than 100 artists via digital artworks and another 100 artists via artistic statements. This exhibition is organised on occasion and in the framework of 10th anniversary of the twincityship of the municipalities of Cologne/Germany & Bethlehem/Palestine. Cologne was and is the first and only city in Germany which has an official partnership with a city on Palestine territory, and the only one which has also a partnership in Israel - Tel-Aviv.
More than 100 artists via digital artworks and another 100 artists via artistic statements
in cooperation with
Bethlehem International Center/Palestine
Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art Naples/Italy
Museo Arte Contemporaneo Santa Fe /Argentina
MACRO - Museo Arte Contemporaneo Rosario/Argentina
Officyna Art Space Szczecin/POland
Museum of Swinoujcie/Poland
is proud to launch the website of the media art exhibition
organised & curated by Agricola de Cologne,
media artist and New Media curator from Cologne/Germany.
The show will be inaugurated on 6 July at
the physical space of Al Kahf Art Gallery at
Bethlehem International Center
http://www.annadwa.org
This media art exhibition is organised on occasion and in the framework of
10th anniversary of the twincityship of the municipalities of Cologne/Germany &
Bethlehem/Palestine.
Cologne was and is the first and only city in Germany which has an official
partnership with
a city on Palestine territory, and the only one which has also a partnership in
Israel - Tel-Aviv.
a show for Bethlehem
is presenting more than 100 artists via digital artworks and another 100 artists via
artistic statements.
Through its relevance in three world religions,
Bethlehem was during more than 2000 years a symbol for peace also beyond,
but since some time Bethlehem and the entire Holy Land on the Westbank
is vanishing behind a huge wall as the result of a conflict in Middle East
which is threatening world peace since many years.
By showing face through the presence of their selfportraits the participants show
face and overcome symbolically
the wall which is dividing Israel and Palestine and become this way messengers of
peace -
a peace which is more needed these days than anything else.
The show does not only transport the message of solidarity under the complicated
political conditions currently, but also the idea of a free and independent culture
without borders, the use of New Media technology represents further a symbol for a
new era for solving conflicts via communication.
After Bethlehem, the show and its message of peace will be spread
around the globe - the first venues are -
in Italy Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art Naples/Italy
inauguration on 16 December 2006 - www.
in Poland - Officyna Art Space Szczecin & Museum of Swinoujcie
inauguration on 20 October 2006
in Argentina - MAC - Museo Arte Contemporaneo Santa Fe
inauguration on 6 December 2006
in Argentina - MACRO - Museum Arte Contemporaneo Rosario
inauguration in the beginning of January 2007
Released by
Media/Art/Cologne http://www.mediaartcologne.org &
NetEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net
powered by
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne http://www.nmartproject.net - the experimental platform for art and New Media operating from Cologne/Germany.
info& contact info@nmartproject.net
Opening: 6 July 2006
Bethlehem International Center
109 Paul VI St. - Bethlehem
Mondays - Fridays: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturdays:9:00 AM - 1:00 PM