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Indepth Arts News:
"VideoKaravaan 2003: A Nomadic Programme"
2003-10-21 until 2003-10-25
Caixa Art Forum
Barcelona, ,
ES Spain
VIDEOKARAVAAN is a nomadic programme and database on video directors from
Arab and North African
countries who have joined together to connect and spread the works of young
creators with an aim to
move to different cities and countries in order to broaden traditional
Aesthetic of Video and Media
representations, and aslo to bring a contageous spirit of innovation to itīs
public. In addition they aim to diversify and deepen the traditional artistic view of the western audience
towards Arab art, to provide a
platform for Arab artists to gain more exposure. It is also a starting
point of a long term project, whose
purpose is to facilitate the circulation, communication between different
representations in order to create
networks of interdisciplinary collaborations.
Videokaravaan project is structured around particulary themes and have a
clear purpose: to encourage a
critique of contemporary culture, using different strategies: Video art,
Video installations, independant
documentary, and mass media archaeology.
The VIDEOKARAVAAN Project is curated by Abdelaziz Taleb and Abdellatif
Benfaidoul: Video makers,
programmers and founders of the TALEB CHERCHE MIDI collective
(Cologne-Amsterdam based
videomakers and programmers collective).
With the participation this year of:
- La Caixa Art Forum, Barcelona
- Toni Serra . Video maker, programmer and member of the OVNI
collective (Observatori de Video No Identificat): Observatori archives,
audiovisual document archives
(video art, independent documentaries and media archaeology), revolving
around a critique of
contemporary culture.
- Jayce Salloum
Since 1975, his work has developed in the fields of video, installation,
photography and new media. He
has also been an organiser and programmer of, amongst other things,
different seasons of new Arab
video creation. IMAGE
Malek Bensmail
Territoris
Foto: Arxiu
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