Spring in Egypt
Egyptian contemporary art
Kevät Egyptistä
Egyptiläistä nykytaidetta
Äkkigalleria 32
Asemakatu 11a, Jyväskylä, Finland
23.–26.4.2015
9 November 2016
The growing Instagram mania in Egypt and around the world has triggered us at Photopia to host this interesting group talk by the best Egyptian Instagram photographers you would like to follow.
Get the chance to meet your favourite photographer Instagrammer in person during the group talk we are hosting.
Each one of these amazing artists will speak about his favorite work, his most popular Instagram posts, and some stories and secrets behind the scenes of shooting some of them.
Date: Saturday 28 March, 2015
Time: 6pm-9pm (break 15 minutes)
Free Admission
Venue: 15 Somal st., Korba, Heliopolis
Tel & mobile: 012 1338991 or 22904085
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The project implies the exchange of artists between Georgia and Egypt. It aims to unite contemporary artists on a common topic: how the development of cities and their transformations influence traditions and culture. Our main focus is on street markets, their transformations through the surrounding developments of the city and their role in society. How are these changes influencing urban segments and life of neighborhoods /streets, in which the markets are located.
The project start by question the necessity/the need of street markets, which is directly connected with ecology and healthy food, urban issues and city structure, traditions and culture, where all levels of society meet each other (woman and man, kids and adults, ethnic minorities and emigrants), who are building the city and are making it diverse.
Except it didn’t stop by this point and went to the general market horizon. After the co curators and the participated artists found out that MARKET POINT is an entrance to a full parallax life.
The findings and surroundings in Cairo and Tbilisi was the creative inspiration for this process. The first presentation of this project was shown in TBILISI September 2014 and The Exhibition of this project is shown in artellewa art space from 12 through 22nd of February 2015.
Exhibition includes:
Writer and Film producer Hossam Elouan, essay.
Anthropologist Mariam Shalvashvili, research.
Artworks of artists:
Ahmed Shawky, Alaa Abd El Hamid, Emad Ibrahim, Hamdy Reda, Jacueline George, Mako Kapanadze and Mohamed Ezz.
Archival essays and photographs from:
National Archives of Georgia
Photographer Guram Tsibakhashvili (Georgia).
Visual artists Nabil Boutros (Egypt).
Opening Thursday 19:00
the space open daily from 12 to 22 Feb.2015
Except Mondays.
Links:
Facebook event
Talking Images
Ismail Fayed, Mai Al Shazly, Mohamed Ezz and Nadia Mounier
Talking Images aims to create space for in depth discussion with and between writers, artists and still or moving works. The first evening of this format is a conversation between critic, writer and researcher Ismail Fayed, artists and photographers Mai Al Shazly, Mohamed Ezz and Nadia Mounier, and the works selected for this occasion. Through close readings and discursive engagement Talking Images will try to linger and dwell, rather than rush through the wide range of topics and visual material.
Talking Images will be continued as a sporadic series with different guests throughout the year.
Language: The conversation will be in Arabic.
Links:
Facebook event