programs

26/08/08

19:00, uqbar

Opening: Hassan Khan (Cairo), Lust Exhibition 27/08 18/10/2008, Opening Hours Fr.-Sa. 14:00-19:00

29/08/08

19:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Opening: Cairoscape Images, Imagination and Imaginary of a Contemporary Mega City. Speech: Sigrid Klebba, Bezirksstadträtin für Bildung und Kultur Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the curators
Exhibition 30/08-12/10/2008, Opening Hours 12:00-19:00

19:00, venues see: www.cairoscape.org

eps51 (Berlin) & Ganzeer (Cairo), Poster project in public space, 29/08-12/10/2008

30/08/08

19:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

19:30-21:30, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Performances Stammer A Lecture in Theory, Shady El Noshokaty; The Psychogeography of Loose Associations, Sherif El Azma
Language: Arabic with English subtitles and English

22:00-open end, Westgermany

concerts with Mahmoud Refat/100 Copies (Cairo), Geert Jan Hobijn/Staalplaat Soundsystem (Berlin)

3/9/2008,

12:30, Raum der Patenschaften des Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Opening: Kairo Souvenir Shop. Speech: Sigrid Klebba, Bezirksstadträtin für Bildung und Kultur Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Workshop exhibition, 3-12/09/2008, Opening hours 12:00-19:00

4/9/2008

19:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Round table discussion with Doa Aly (Cairo), Nermine El Ansari (Cairo), Sherif El Azma (Cairo), Rana El Nemr (Cairo), Susanne Kriemann (Berlin/Rotterdam)
Language: English
Extended exhibition opening hours

11/09/08

19:00-22:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Discussion:Visual culture in Egypt Today with eps 51 (Sascha Thoma, Ben Wittner, Berlin), Khaled Hafez (Cairo), Ahmed Khaled (Cairo)
Language: English
Extended exhibition opening hours

12-14/9/2008

19:00-23:00, Kino Eiszeit

Contemporary film and video from Egypt
Language: Arabic with English subtitles and English
In cooperation with: Freunde der Arabischen Kinemathek e.V., Kino Eiszeit, Berlin

18/9/2008

19:00-22:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Lecture: Going to Cairo Changed my Life, Samuli Schielke (Leiden/Joensuu)
Language: English
In cooperation with Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
Extended exhibition opening hours

25/9/2008,

19:00-22:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Discussion: Image policy in Egypt: from the Print Mass Media to Facebook mit / with Randa Shaath (Cairo), Nora Younis (Cairo)
Language: English
Extended exhibition opening hours

2/10/08

20:00, Literaturwerkstatt Berlin

Literature evening: Cairo-Berlin Back and Forth mit / with Tamim Al Barghouti (Cairo/Washington), Claudia Basrawi (Berlin), Haytham El Wardany (Berlin/Cairo)
Language: Arabic and German with simultaneous translation
In cooperation with Literaturwerkstatt Berlin

8/10/2008

18:30-22:00, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin

Film screening: Salata Baladi by Nadja Kamel (Cairo) followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and with Ahmed Badawi (Berlin/Cairo)
Language: Arabic with English subtitles and English
In cooperation with: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

9/10/2008

19:00-22:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Performative lecture: Cairo: Talking about Love, Steffen Strohmenger (Cairo/Berlin)
Language: German
In cooperation with Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
Extended exhibition opening hours

10-12/10/2008,

19:00-23:00, Kino Eiszeit

Contemporary film and video from Egypt
Language: Arabic with English subtitles and English
In cooperation with: Freunde der Arabischen Kinemathek e.V., Kino Eiszeit, Berlin

12/10/2008

16:00-22:00, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien

Talks and presentations including Mona Abaza (Cairo), Edit Molnar (Cairo), Susanne Kriemann (Cairo/Berlin), William Wells (Cairo) and book launch Cairoscape Images, Imagination and Imaginary of a Contemporary Mega City, argobooks, Berlin, 2008
Language: German and English
Extended exhibition opening hours

The exhibition and programme of events of Cairoscape Images, Imagination and Imaginary of a Contemporary Mega City are free of charge and open to the public. The event at the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin and the film programme at Kino Eiszeit cost respectively 5,-/3,- Euro and 6,- Euro). There may be changes to the programme